House of Reps removes Farouk Lawan as Education Committee Chairman

The embattled Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Farouk Lawan (PDP-Bagwai/Shanono) was on Thursday replaced by Aminu Suleiman (PDP-Kano).

The Speaker of the house, Aminu Tambuwal, announced this on Thursday in Abuja.

No reason was given for the replacement of Mr. Lawan who had headed the committee for more than 12 years, having been a ranking member since1999.

The house suspended Mr. Lawan in 2012 in the wake of the $620 million alleged bribery between him and a Nigerian business man, Femi Otedola.

Mr. Lawan and Boniface Emenalo, the Secretary of the ad hoc committee investigating the fuel subsidy regime, have since been arraigned before a court for receiving the bribe.

The Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Rose Oko (PDP-Cross River), took over as acting chairman after the suspension of Lawan.


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