Looming Shake-Up in Representatives Committees - the Performers - and Pretenders

[Leadership]With a war chest of N150 billion appropriated in the 2012 national budget, federal lawmakers are well funded to carry out their constitutional oversight responsibilities over the executive arm of government. Against this background and ahead of an imminent shake-up in the House Standing Communities, EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE in this report splits the 90 standing committees of the House of Representatives in two halves -the active and under-performers.