By 9th Assembly: Femi Gbajabiamila Gets More Support As 24 Kano House of Reps Member-Elect Endorse Him For Speaker
Fresh updates reaching BlackBox Nigeria confirms that the House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila got a major boost in his ambition to become the Speaker in the 9th Assembly.
A reliable source confirmed to BBN that all the 24 House of Reps members from Kano State on Friday endorsed the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 lawmaker as the incoming Speaker at a Stakeholders meeting held in Kano State Govt Lodge in Abuja late Friday night.
At the meeting on Friday were Governor of Kano State and his Deputy, all members of Kano State House of Assembly and the 24members of the House of Representatives.
It will be recalled that Hon Femi formally declared his interest to vie for the seat on Sunday, March 31st at an event he also declared Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin as his Campaign Manager. The position became open as the current Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara now belongs to the opposition party, the PDP.
The House of Reps is expected to vote and inaugurate new principal officers of the Green Chambers on June 9th and as the ruling All Progressive Congress has highest number of seats, it will have its members clinch the leadership roles. See below for number of seats won by each Party as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
APC – 209
PDP – 110
APGA – 6
ADC – 3
PRP – 2
AA – 2
ADP – 1
APM – 1
SDP – 1
Supplementary Elections – 25
Total – 360…
