A forum of online journalists, National Assembly New Media, has expressed optimism that the appointments of Rep. Akin Rotimi and Rep. Philip Agbese to head the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs would be “a plus for the 10th House of Representatives.”
Speaker Tajudeen Abbas had during the last plenary before embarking on a long recess, July 27, 2023, announced the compositions of 134 House Standing Committees with their chairmen and deputy chairmen.
Rep. Rotimi, the member representing Oye/Ikole Federal Constituency of Ekiti state, got the chairmanship of Committee on Media and Public Affairs, while Rep. Agbese representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue state got nominated as deputy chairman.
Reacting to the development on Friday, the chairman, NASS New Media, Comrade Yemi Itodo, and the secretary, Moses Idika, said the duo of Rotimi and Agbese would consolidate on the many achievements of the immediate past Committee chairman and now Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, during the 9th Assembly.
“Of a truth, we in the New Media Forum were wondering who would step up as leaders of the Media Committee in the House since the elevation of the current deputy speaker who performed creditably as the chairman in the last Assembly.
“But our hearts were full of joy and radiating hope, when we heard of the nomination of Rep. Akin Rotimi and Rep. Philip Agbese. We are definitely optimistic that they would sustain the legacies of the immediate past chairman. We are glad the Committee would not go underground but would live up to its standard,” they said.
