Tue Jan 19 2021
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has defected to its fold.
The return of Dogara to APC was announced at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on July 24, last year, after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari along with the chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.
The defection of Dogara is being celebrated as one of the achievements of the committee.
Daily Trust reports that Dogara officially defected to PDP on January 29, 2019, in the build-up to the general elections. He won his re-election to represent Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency of Bauchi State on the PDP platform.
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The political misunderstanding that has been lingering between the legislative and executive arms of government in Bauchi State which stalled the presentation of the 2021 appropriation to the State House of Assembly by the governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed last Wednesday may have been politically resolved.
During the plenary of The House on Thursday, two official communications from the Executive Arm were received as Presented by the Majority Leader of the House, Tijjani Muhammad Aliyu revealing that in the first message, the Governor requested the approval of the House to allow him to present the 2021 budget on Tuesday, 15th December 2020 due to the communication gap in the previous letter which the Governor requested for the presentation on Wednesday, 9th December 2020.