One hundred and sixty-four
incoming members of the house of representatives under the All Progressives
Congress (APC) have reportedly resolved to endorse Femi Gbajabiamila as speaker
for the 9th assembly.
Tunji Ojo, chairman of the forum
of the newly elected APC members, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said the members have decided
to go with the party’s decision to adopt Gbajabiamila, current majority leader
of the house, for the position.
The APC, which emerged majority
in the two legislative chambers, had adopted Gbajabiamila as its candidate for
speaker and zoned the deputy speaker to the north-central.
According to Ojo, the party is
justified with its position considering that Gbajabiamila is “eminently
qualified more than any other person.”
“Every member of the party is a
product of the party. The party gave everybody the platform to contest, and
apart from giving platform, the party also gave assistant to members before,
during and after elections,” the statement read.
“So, it is expected that as loyal
party members, we are supposed to toe the line of the party and now that the
party and Mr President have spoken that Gbajabiamila should be supported for
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, we expect every party faithful to
toe that line and support Gbajabiamila to emerge as Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
“We believe he has the
experience; more experience than other people that are contesting the position.
It is not just enough for you to bring out posters. Femi is very qualified,
eminently qualified more than any other person.”
The forum also urged aspirants
from the north to respect the party’s position as both senate president and
speaker cannot come from the north.
“The Presidency is zoned to the
North, while the Vice President is to the South. Now Senate president has been
zoned to the North and speakership to the South. When it comes to the South, we
decide where it should go,” it added.
“Politics in this country is
played along the line of North and South. North-Central is North, North-West is
North and North-East is North. So, the speakership has been zoned to South.
When we zoned the Presidency to the North, North-West produced the President.
So, for those talking about zoning, zoning in this country is done on the basis
of North/South.”
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