by Peregba Jerry
The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, during plenary on Wednesday April 21, 2021, urged the House to demand resignation or sack of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for once backing activities of terrorist leaders.
Pantami has come under fire for once preaching the violent cause of extremist Islamist sects and Jihadist narratives of al-Qaeda and the Taliban before he became a Minister in the cabinet of president Muhammadu Buhari.
Elumelu raised a point of order at the plenary to demand that the House act on the issue. He particularly demanded the Minister to resign or be sacked.
However, the speaker of house, Femi Gbajabiamila, overruled the Minority Leader, noting that Elumelu came under the matter and the matter being raised had nothing to do with his privileges as a lawmaker.
‘’Your point of order is noted,’’ the speaker said and hit the gavel.
The plenary has since moved to other items on the house’ agenda.
