The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has directed all its the Senators and members of House of Representatives, to elect their principal officers through the caucuses in the National Assembly.
The directive was communicated after a meeting of the National Working Committee of the PDP on Wednesday, July 1.
National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the lawmakers officers must be guided by issues of ranking, gender and religion while electing their principal officers.
He said the PDP will not interfere in who emerges as principal officers of both the red and green chambers.
Consequently, the party zoned the respective principal offices to the six geo-political zones.
Metuh had said: “In consonance with the provision of your Standing Rules, you are through this medium advised to use your various zonal party caucuses to choose the party’s principal officers to enable you provide effective opposition in the respective chambers of the National Assembly.”
The Senate Minority Leader goes to South South; Senate Minority Whip was zoned to the North Central; North-East got the Senate Deputy Minority Leader position while the South West has Senate Deputy Minority Whip.
In the House of Representatives, Minority Leader was zoned to South South; Minority Whip to North West; South East has Deputy Minority Leader and North East was given Deputy Minority Whip.
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