The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila, has said he has no plan to contest Lagos State governorship seat
after his tenure in 2023.
According to the 59-year-old politician, the incumbent Lagos
State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is doing well and there is no need to
discontinue him from running for second term in office.
Gbajabiamila spoke on Tuesday in an interview aired on
Channels TV.
The Speaker affirmed his belief that the All Progressives Congress
has all its takes to win the 2023 election. “I think the APC has all it takes
and will still do well in the next election,” he said.
When asked whether he has any plan to become the Governor of
Lagos State in the next election, Gbajabiamila said, “No, I don’t have any such
plan; I have no immediate plan, I have a job that I am doing now, a very tough
job, sometimes the most difficult job but people don’t understand.
“I don’t want distractions. I am working as the Speaker of
the House of Representatives with a lot of responsibilities on my shoulders
right now, any other thing will be a distraction.
“As for Lagos State Governorship, not even thought about it
and why? The present governor of Lagos State is doing a good job.
“The fact that we had
a one-term governor at one time does not mean it is going to be the same. The
governor is doing a good job under the circumstances – these are difficult
times in the last two years and he’s come out well.
“We’ll see what the future holds for everybody…we leave
everything in the hands of the person that decides the future for everybody.”
Some federal lawmakers including former House of
Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto State Governor), have left the
lower assembly to become governors in their home states.
Gbajabiamila has been in the green chamber since 2003
representing Surulere I Constituency of Lagos State. He became the Speaker of
the House in 2019. He is one of the loyalists of APC National Leader, Bola
Tinubu.
Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, governors
in the state had enjoyed two terms of four years each in office with the
exception of Akinwunmi Ambode who was governor between 2015 and 2019.
Before Ambode who was kicked out due to intra-party
squabbles, the current Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was
Lagos governor from 2007 to 2015 while Tinubu was governor from 1999 to 2007.
Though political permutations have earnestly begun ahead of
the 2023 elections, Sanwo-Olu, who was elected governor in 2019, has not
declared his intention to run for second term in office.
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