Members-elect of the house of representatives from the
opposition political parties say they are yet to endorse any hopeful for the
speakership position.
The minority caucuses, dubbed Greater Majority, explained
that they are still consulting and will come up with a decision before the
election of the speaker and deputy scheduled for June 13.
Speaking at a meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel on
Monday in Abuja, Fred Agbedi, convener of the group, said as part of the
consultation, they met with Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour
Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwakwanso, standard-bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples
Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections.
Last week, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, met with
the opposition members-elect amid horse-trading by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) to woo the caucuses ahead of the inauguration of the 10th
assembly.
Agbedi, a ranking member, said the opposition reps-elect needs
to be guided by interacting with their “leaders in our constituencies”.
“We need to interact with our party stakeholders and all
that in arriving at a decision that will be well for us. Your conveners and
other leaders have not either on your behalf or for you adopted anybody for the
office of presiding officers. That will only take place when that agreement is
reached by all of us. That decision will be our collective decision,” he said.
The caucuses also inaugurated coordinators to lead the
rep-elects in their states in consultation.
“So, I want to assure
you that we will lead ourselves to arrive at a collective decision and in doing
that, we have also resolved to have state coordinators, who are going to meet
at their different state levels — eventually also have zonal coordinators who
will also work at the zonal level in collating decision that they will finally
come up with after due consultation,” Agbedi said.
He said the resolutions from the respective states are
expected from their coordinators within one week.
The opposition reps cut across the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Africa Democratic
Congress (ADC), Young Peoples Party (YPP), All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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