National Assembly Crisis: House members Exchange Slaps

The crisis over composition of House Committees degenerated in a brawl on Tuesday as two members of the House Representative exchanged hot slaps
Report named Hon. Herman Hembe and Hon. Aliyu Sani Madaki who are both members of the House of Representatives as the lawmakers who slapped themselves within the National Assembly premises as the disagreement over juicy committees worsened.
The fight was said to have occurred prior to Tuesday’s session of the House.
The slapping brawl was brought to an end by the intervention of Yusuf Lasun, the deputy speaker,House of Reps.
Hembe is the new chairman of the Committee on the Federal Capital Territory which is views as a juicy one.It was not however immediately clear who started the slap incident
The slapping incident came a day after some loayalists of Femi Gbajabiamila boycotted the inauguration of the Committees by Speaker Yakubu Dogara.
Loyalists of Gbaja who are also APC members like the Speaker accused Dogara of sabotaging the APC by making opposition members share committee position almost 50-50 with the APC.
Defending his action, Dogara said there is nothing like juicy committee.He said every committee is important and there is the need to put national interest above every other consideration.
Former Deputy Speaker, Chibudom who addressed the Reps on Monday also dispelled insinuations about juicy committees.
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