House of Reps suspends Committee hearings

All investigative and committee hearings have been suspended by the leadership of the House of Representatives till after resumption from annual vacation.

Recall that the House went on vacation some months ago and is expected to resume plenary on September 15.

Backlog of investigations and probes have been performed by the various Committees of the House in carrying out their assigned functions.

One of them is the Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreement probing the Chinese loans as well as the House Committee on Public Accounts investigating audited accounts of government agencies.

It was learnt that the decision of the leadership was contained in a letter to Chairman of all Standing and Ad hoc Committees.

The letter was signed by Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano).

It was also learnt House Clerk, Patrick Giwa, was asked to compliance with the order.

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