Other principal offices that have remained vacant include the Majority Leader, which has been zoned to Kano State (North-West) and the Deputy Chief Whip, zoned to the North-East. At the plenary on Tuesday, Gbajabiamila said Mr Abdulrazak Namdas (Adamawa, North-East) had been nominated as Chief Whip. “Honourable Namdas, please take the seat at the front, you have been nominated as acting Chief Whip. “And I did say that before the week runs out, there will be an announcement of all the other principal officers of the House; the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, Deputy Minority Whip. Initially, Onyejeocha was named the Deputy Leader, now they have taken Akpatason as the Deputy Leader instead of Deputy Chief Whip.

Source: Punch July 03, 2019 00:56 UTC