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Our Minister did not disrespect Reps – Foreign Ministry


Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed allegations that its minister, Geoffrey Onyeama refused to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr Ferdinard Nwonye, spokesperson for the ministry, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
According to him, far from the allegation making the rounds, the minister holds the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and the National Assembly in the highest esteem and will not snub it for any reason.
The ministry said it was not true that the Minister of Foreign Affairs refused to appear before the House plenary and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to brief them on his efforts to address the plight of Nigerians in the Republic of South Africa.
”The ministry wishes to inform the public that there is no iota of truth whatsoever in such a charge,” it said in the statement.
Nwonye said that the truth of the matter was that by a letter dated Sept. 9 by the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, the minister was invited to a meeting.
He said that the meeting was with the Leadership of the House of Representatives scheduled to hold on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at 11.00am in the Speaker’s Office.
Nwonye added that the Office of the minister, however, wrote to the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, informing him that Onyeama would be attending the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at that time and that he looked forward to a meeting at a time to be mutually agreed on, adding that the minister and the ministry had respect for institution of the National Assembly.
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