Why we are yet to swear-in Hembe’s replacement – Reps
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Yesterday, the speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara failed to administer the oath of office to Herman Hembe’s replacement, Dorathy Mato.
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Abdulrazak Namdas, has come up to explain why Mato was not sworn in as the replacement for Honourable Hembe, who was sacked by the Supreme Court last week.
Namda explained that, “It is not true that because she is a woman we have refused to swear her in.
“A colleague of mine from Adamawa State, the Court of Appeal ruled and he lost his seat and a woman replaced him and she was sworn in immediately.
“So you can see it is not an issue of gender and I know that as a matter of fact, if there is any pronouncement by the court, there are also some processes you have to undergo in the house before you are sworn in”.
According to Namdas, “I’m not aware that has been done; I have to look at it and I can tell you that if all the right choices have been fulfilled, I don’t think there is any reason that she will not be sworn in.
“But the truth is that as far as I’m concerned, there are certain processes that you have to go through here before you get sworn-in; if not, people can just come from the market; so, some due process must be followed and if those process are followed, you will be there to report it.”
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