The House of Representatives has commenced its annual recess as it adjourned plenary until September.
The recess was announced by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday after constituting the House Standing Committees.
Rt. Hon. Abbas constituted 134 committees for the 10th House.
The former Leader of the House, Hon. Ado Doguwa, who stepped down for Abbas, is the Chairman of the Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), while former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, is the chairman of the Federal Character Committee.
The Committee on Defence has once again been given to Hon. Babajimi Benson, while Hon. James Faleke also retained his position as Chairman of the Finance Committee.
