House of reps announces d heads of various commitees. APC gets d bigger share

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara yesterday announced the chairmen of the various committees in the House of Representatives. APC is to chair 48 of the committees while PDP will chair 45 of them. All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has one committee to chair while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) had two. The following are some of the names of the committee chairmen and their various committees Abdulmumin Jibrin- House Committee on Appropriation Bashir Baballe Ila- House Services Committee Babangida Ibrahim- Finance Committee Zakari Mohammed- Basic Education and Services Committee Jagaba Adams Jagaba- Committee on Interior Mohammed Tahir Monguno- Agricultural Production and Services committee Aminu Suleiman- Tertiary Education Nkiruka Onyejeocha- Aviation committee Nnenna Ukeje- Foreign Affairs Jones Onyereri- Banking and Currency Shehu Shagari- Judiciary Nicholas Mutu- NDDC. Rima Shawulu- Army Zephaniah Jisalo- FCT Area Council & Ancillary Matters, Agbedi Frederick- Gas Resources. Betty Apiafi- Health Institution Jephter Foingha- National Planning & Economic Development Victor Nwokolo- Petroleum Resources (Upstream) Akinlaja Joseph-Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Patrick Asadu- Harbour & Waterways Daniel Effiong- Power Wole Oke- Public Procurement Beni Lar- Science & Technology Toby Okechukwu- Works Oladele Kayode, Financial Crimes Samuel Okon Ikon- Inter-parliamentary Relations Timothy Golu- Legislative Budget and Research Seven newly constituted committees namely Agricultural Colleges and Institutions; Basic Education and Services; Delegated Legislation; FCT Judiciary; Health Institutions; IDPs, Refugees and Initiatives on North East; Insurance and Actuarial Matters; Tertiary Education and Services were announced.