THE FACTS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
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1. It is only the members of the Federal House of Representatives that have the right, obligation and responsibility to elect the speaker of the House of Rep.

2. It is only the members of the Federal House of
Representative that has the constitutional right to impeach the Speaker of the Federal House of Representative by a 2/3 majority vote if they become dissatisfied with him/her.

3. It is only a court of competent jurisdiction that can declare the seat of any member of the Federal House of Representative vacant.

4. In the last one year, over 50 members of the Federal House of Representatives have defected to new political parties including the PDP and no court in Nigeria has declared their seats vacant

5. There is no rule or order in the Federal House of Assembly that states that the speaker of the House must be from the party in control of the federal government or from the party that has the majority in the house. The constitution only stated that the speaker must be elected by majority of the members of the house of representatives

6. The President, IGP or the PDP has no powers whatsoever under any law or pretense to declare the seat of an elected Speaker or any member of the House of Assembly Vacant.

7. The Constitution clearly stated that a legislator of elected executive can defect to another political party only if there is a faction in the political party that sponsored him or if a part of the party that sponsored him is involved in a merger with another political party.

8. Some house of representative members from other political parties have decamped to the PDP over the last one year and their seats have not been declared vacant

9. Gov Olusegun Mimiko recently decamped to the PDP and his seat was not declared vacant, but PDP is seeking to declare the seat of Gov Amaechi and others vacant.

10. Right Honorable Aminu Tambuwal remains the authentic and only speaker of the Federal House of Representative in Nigeria and he is an APC member. PDP and Mr President should adjust to the fact that PDP is soon becoming a minority party and will end up an opposition party come 2015. The ball was in their court for 15yrs and they messed governance up. They have themselves to blame.

Noted. Nigerian drama, interesting more than any Hollywood movie

Bros abeg park well. .....quote me and die by fire.

Someone should please tell our Dear president that the new video released by Boko Haram says that they didn't enter into any ceasefire agreement. He should be told that they said all the girls have been converted and have been forced to marry. He should be informed that gombe was bombed yesterday. He should also be told that more pple are being abducted.

We are happy that our dear president iڪ angry now. Pls let him shift the anger from Tambuwal to these BH guys. We really need the anger now

Do not be deceived. A lizard in the forest cannot transform into an alligator because it finds itself in the town. A politician who has gained fame and fortune in a particular party cannot successfully convince the world that because he switched allegiance to another party, he no longer shares liability over the misdeeds of his former party. I humbly suggest that Hon. Tambuwal return all monies he fraudulently got with the aid of PDP, then and only then he can convince us that the new love can guarantee CHANGE. For APC I suggest they look inwards because new wine in an old bottle is a disaster in waiting.

For those of you saying a minority has been speaker of house before, please note the reason why that happened:
"Thus passed into history, the life of an eminent Nigerian politician, who participated in the nurturing of our democratic culture during the two periods of post-military democracy. Chief Ume-Ezeoke burst into the political limelight when he emerged as the Speaker of the House of Representatives after the general elections of 1979. It was the first (and only time since then) that the head of an arm of our bicameral National Assembly would emerge from a political party that did not win the majority of seats in the parliament.
The reason for this unusual phenomenon was not farfetched. After the 1979 general elections, the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), which won the presidency and majority of the seats in both the Senate and House of Representatives could not fulfill the constitutionally required conditions to form government alone. It went into what was known as an accord with the third-placed Nigerian People’s Party (NPP), led by Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, in a power-sharing arrangement. Even though the accord later collapsed because the NPN was accused of poaching members of its coalition partner, Ume-Ezeoke kept his post till 1983 when another election was held".
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/edwin-ume-ezeoke-1935-%E2%80%93-2011/#sthash.S3sXSlWH.dpuf

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/edwin-ume-ezeoke-1935-%E2%80%93-2011/

freezone4real:
THE FACTS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
.
.
1. It is only the members of the Federal House of Representatives that have the right, obligation and responsibility to elect the speaker of the House of Rep.

2. It is only the members of the Federal House of
Representative that has the constitutional right to impeach the Speaker of the Federal House of Representative by a 2/3 majority vote if they become dissatisfied with him/her.

3. It is only a court of competent jurisdiction that can declare the seat of any member of the Federal House of Representative vacant.

4. In the last one year, over 50 members of the Federal House of Representatives have defected to new political parties including the PDP and no court in Nigeria has declared their seats vacant

5. There is no rule or order in the Federal House of Assembly that states that the speaker of the House must be from the party in control of the federal government or from the party that has the majority in the house. The constitution only stated that the speaker must be elected by majority of the members of the house of representatives

6. The President, IGP or the PDP has no powers whatsoever under any law or pretense to declare the seat of an elected Speaker or any member of the House of Assembly Vacant.

7. The Constitution clearly stated that a legislator of elected executive can defect to another political party only if there is a faction in the political party that sponsored him or if a part of the party that sponsored him is involved in a merger with another political party.

8. Some house of representative members from other political parties have decamped to the PDP over the last one year and their seats have not been declared vacant

9. Gov Olusegun Mimiko recently decamped to the PDP and his seat was not declared vacant, but PDP is seeking to declare the seat of Gov Amaechi and others vacant.

10. Right Honorable Aminu Tambuwal remains the authentic and only speaker of the Federal House of Representative in Nigeria and he is an APC member. PDP and Mr President should adjust to the fact that PDP is soon becoming a minority party and will end up an opposition party come 2015. The ball was in their court for 15yrs and they messed governance up. They have themselves to blame.

well that piece of shiit of a 1999 constitution was drafted to favor a certain parasitic region and besides,at least,it didnt advocate for rascality or janjaweiedism. Its party over for that subtle thief n exspeaker,tamboscoundrel.