Reps shutdown governance, postpone resumption indefinitely

Facts emerged, on Monday, that the scheduled resumption of legislative activities of the House of Representatives slated for Tuesday, April 26, 2022, has been postponed.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr Yahaya H. Dan-Zaria, confirmed this via a notice sent to all the members.

The notice posted on the House of Representatives’ official Facebook page read: “This is to inform all Honourable Members and other legislative Staff that the House Plenary earlier scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2022, will no longer hold.

“This is due to the early commencement of renovations in the Chambers and extension of time for Committees to file in their outstanding reports.

“A new date will be communicated in due course.

“All inconveniences are sincerely regretted.”

One of the members who confirmed receipt of the SMS notice, during a chat with the Tribune Online, said: “They’ve postponed resumption. There was no date fixed for resumption, so it’s indefinite.”

Previous inquiry from the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Benjamin Kalu, proved abortive, as the House Spokesman did not pick direct and Whatsapp calls nor respond to the Whatsapp message sent to him.

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Tribune Online further gathered that the House had tactically suspended legislative activities to enable members to prepare for party primaries scheduled to run throughout the month of May 2022, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary for State House of Assembly scheduled for May 7, 2022 while the last presidential primaries by African Action Congress (AAC) and Boot Party (BP) scheduled to hold on June 3, 2022.

Section 63 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that the Senate and House of Representatives shall each sit for not less than 181 days in a year, while Section 68 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) also stipulates that any legislator who fails to attend the proceedings of the House or Senate for less than one-third of the required number of days shall automatically lose his or her seat.

According to the 2023 elections time-table released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the State House of Assembly across the country will hold as follows: Accord – May 14, 2022; African Action Congress (AAC) – 1-2 June 2022; All Progressives Congress (APC) – May 11, 2022; All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) – May 24, 2022; APM – May 25, 2022; Boot party (BP) – 9-31 May, 2022; Labour Party (LP) – May 26, 2022; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – May 9, 2022; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – May 7, 2022; Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) – May 18, 2022.

The 2023 Governorship primaries are scheduled as follows: Accord – May 21, 2022; AAC – 1-2 June 2022; APC – 16th May, 2022; APGA – 26th May, 2022; APM – 25th May, 2022; BP – 9-31 May, 2022; LP – 28th May, 2022; NNPP – 11th May, 2022; PDP – 12th May, 2022; ZLP – 21th May, 2022.

The 2023 House of Representatives primaries is to hold as follows: Accord – 21st May, 2022; AAC – 1-2 June, 2022; APC – 16th May, 2022; APGA – 26th May, 2022; APM – 25th May, 2022; BP – 9-31 May, 2022; LP – 28th May, 2022; NNPP – 11th May, 2022; PDP – 12th May, 2022; ZLP – 21st May, 2022.

The 2023 Senatorial primaries is scheduled as follows: Accord – 28th May, 2022; AAC – 1-2 June, 2022; APC – 18th May, 2022; APGA – 28th May, 2022; APM – 25th May, 2022; BP – 9-31 May, 2022; LP – 13th May, 2022; PDP – 14th May, 2022; ZLP – 25th May, 2022.

APC Presidential Primaries holds 30-31st May 2022; Accord Party – 2nd June 2022; AAC – 3rd June 2022; APGA – 1st June 2022; Allied Peoples’ Movement – 30th May, 2022; Boot party – 3rd June, 2022; LP – 3rd June 2022; NNPP – 25-26 May, 2022; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 29th May, 2022; Zenith Labour Party – 1st June, 2022.

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