Attorney-General Abubakar Malami cited severe insecurity for the regime’s draconian move, which has continued to stir squabbles amongst administration officials.
In 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari spent over 180 days in office before he appointed ministers and other members of his cabinet.
Mr Wase said that the petition was not the first to be stepped down on the floor of the house citing several examples.
The membership of the committee was distributed across political parties and states of the federation.
“Did you say Tivs in America? What do they know about Nigeria? What is their business? They can’t sit in their comfort zones and know what is happening in Nigeria.”
The House resolved that the leadership should interface with Nigerian Governors Forum as most of these inflammatory and divisive statements are coming from the governors.
The new PIB wants oil companies to pay host communities 2.5 percent of its profit.
The House holds that fuel scarcity that formally triggers hike in fares had been taken care of by the government.
The House Speaker sympathises with the victims of the weekend Boko Haram attack, which left at least 110 farmers killed.
