House of Reps to swear in Benue lawmaker, Dorothy Mato after recess

The House of Representatives on Thursday revealed that it would swear in Dorothy Mato as the lawmaker representing Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue upon resumption from its six weeks recess.
Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

Namdas said, “By the time the House resumes from the recess, we would have completed all the processes for her to be sworn-in as Hembe’s replacement.
“Our tenure hasn’t elapsed. We are going on a break and when she is through, we can still swear her in.

“The recess is a constitutional matter and when we return, we will continue our legislative business,” he added.

Recall that the Supreme Court, on June 23, 2017 declared as null and void the election of Herman Hembe into the House of Representatives, declaring Mato as winner of the election.
The court also ordered INEC to issue the certificate of return to Mato, while asking Hembe to return all salaries and allowances in not more than 90 days.