Imminent shake up in House Committees
ABUJA—APPARENTLY disturbed by the perceived poor performance of some House of Representatives committee chairmen in the past two years, the leadership may finally drop non-performing chairmen and replace them with more capable hands.
Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, who made this disclosure at the ceremony held to mark his two years in office, noted that it was obvious that some committee chairmen performed creditably well, while others performed below expectations, adding that those who fell within the category would be sanctioned.
Tambuwal had explained further that given the improvements in some House processes, aimed at reducing legislative red tape, it must be admitted that the times reportage by House Committees on bills and other matters referred to them for action, had been far from satisfactory.
He stated further that this had impacted negatively on the accomplishment of targets.
“Henceforth, Committees will be sited for such breaches and sanctioned appropriately,” the speaker warned.
He further stressed that at the commencement of its journey, the 7th House of Representatives fashioned for itself a Legislative Agenda to guide its processes, programmes and operations.
Tambuwal said: “This agenda is consistent with the constitutional mandate of the legislature to wit: Legislation, Representation and Oversight.
“The legislative function of making laws for the peace order and good government of Nigeria appears reasonably well appreciated now by the general public, so is the function of oversight of the implementation of the laws so made pursuant to the law making function.
“There however appears to be great difficulty in understanding the legislative function of Representation and it is this that I am persuaded to briefly highlight.”
The statement threw some members who may be affected off balance as many of them have started running from pillar to post to ensure that nothing happened to them in the imminent shake up.
It would be recalled that when the 7th Assembly took off in June 2011, it was clearly stated in its legislative agenda that all bills would enjoy quick passage.
But two years down the line, most of the committees had remained largely incompetent to stick to the rules of the much acclaimed legislative agenda, tagged the Koran and Bible of the 7th Assembly.
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