 The leadership of the House of Representatives has defended the 134 standing committees constituted by the Speaker, Honourable Dajudin Abbas, to run the affairs of the Green Chamber. The defence by the House leadership came at the weekly briefing by the House spokesman Fuling Criticisms by Nigerians over what they regard as the overblotted nature of the standing House Committees, which is standing presently at the 134th from 109th at the night Legislative Assembly. The spokesman of the House, Honourable Akin Rotimi, and the Chairman, House Rules and Business, quickly debunked the claim stating that the composition of the standing committees was made in the wisdom of the Speaker, for which it must be commended. I would not talk very much about what we estimated about political considerations for creating Committees, but I can assure you that all the committees that have been created in line with the present realities that we are facing in the country at this time and why it is important that we have the right sort of structures to be able to attend to these issues of oversight. And like I said again, there are no issues of overlaps. For us, we want to ensure that we have seamless engagement with the Executive and that we don't have a situation where you have multiple people, multiple members or multiple Committees having to interface unnecessarily with ministries, departments and agencies. So those things have been clearly sorted out and clearly stated in the House Rules. Clara, from day one, so that if you are in Parliamentary Group of Sweden, for example, you are an automatic member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. So anybody who is not a leader in the Parliamentary Friendship Groups is not a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. So it's a normal thing that goes on in Parliament ordinarily, but Mr. Speaker has made it more explicit and clear and carrying people along. That's what I would like to add. So it's not just 134 Committees, 70 Friendship Groups. They're all intertwined and it's all aimed at unity of purpose, achieving the legislative agenda of the 10th Assembly. And Mr. Speaker should be commended for that.