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APC Gets Speakership Of Plateau Assembly

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The candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Peter Azi, on Wednesday emerged the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly after the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Istifanus Mwansat, from Pankshin South, stepped down.

Mr. Azi was member of the assembly from 2007 to 2011, but failed to be re-elected in 2011. He contested again in the 2015 elections and won.

Messrs. Azi and Mwansat on Tuesday keenly contested the position of the Speaker but the election was declared inconclusive following a tie of 12 votes each between the two.

Adamu Gagdi of the PDP, a fresh member, representing Kantana constituency, was elected Deputy Speaker.

The Plateau State House of Assembly has 24 members with PDP having a slight majority of 13 members.

On Tuesday, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, directed that the elections be suspended due to a controversy that was likely to disrupt the polls.

The new speaker was immediately sworn-in and other members inaugurated by the clerk of the house.

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Tinubu,Tambuwal Fight Over Speakership

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The battle for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives may be causing rift between the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the immediate past Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal. The rift is said to be posing a serious threat to the harmony that exists in the party.

The rift may have inadvertently opened new fronts of dichotomy between the original members of the APC at inception and those that are referred to as joiners.

Attempt by Tinubu to make sure its candidate, Femi Gbajabiamila, emerges the new Speaker have been met with stiff resistance from supporters of Hon Yakubu Dogara, the chairman of the House Services Committee, who is widely believed to enjoy the full backing of the former Speaker and his Deputy, Emeka Ihedioha.

Apart from Tambuwal’s influence in the House, it was further learnt that some of the lawmakers want to cease the opportunity to whittle down Tinubu’s growing powers in the party.

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Speakership: Tambuwal’s Purported Endorsement Of Dogara Divides Kano APC Rep Members

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As the race for who becomes the next Speaker of the House of Representatives gathers momentum, some federal lawmakers from Kano State have condemned the attack on Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over his reported backing of the Chairman, House Services and Welfare Committee, Yakubu Dogara, as his successor.

Speaking to journalists yesterday, a returning member of the House, Aliyu Sani Madaki (Kano/APC) accused Tambuwal of backing Dogara for “selfish interests”.

Madaki, who is a vocal supporter of Minority Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila’s bid to be Speaker, accused Tambuwal of “instigating” House members to snub the yet-to-be announced All Progressive Congress (APC) zoning formula if it does not favour his candidate.

However, in a scathing reaction, three Kano House members – Aminu Suleiman Goro, Nasiru Baballe Ila and Mustapha Bala Dawaki accused Madaki of “playing to the gallery through parliamentary thuggery”.

“We want to use this opportunity to draw the attention of all the progressive members of the House to disregard the current utterances by Ali Madaki as only self-serving, indecent, uncivilized and just an attempt to register his presence”.

Lagos Lawmakers Fight Tinubu Over Speakership

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Elected members of the Lagos State House of Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to clash with the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu over  who succeeds Adeyemi Ikuforiji as Speaker of the House. The lawmakers have rejected Tinubu’s anointed candidate for the post, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni.

Tinubu’s attempts to force the other candidates to step down for Sanni have been rebuffed. The candidates have insisted that they are going ahead with their aspirations.

The other contenders for the speakership race are Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Mudasiru Obasa, Lanre Osun, Rotimi Abiru and Lanre Ogunyemi.

Tinubu is also facing resistance from Ikuforiji, who prefers to give the position to his stooge and ally, Abiru, in order to fully cover his tracks after leaving office.

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Jibrin Lobbies New Reps-Elect Over Speakership

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One of the aspirants jostling for the position of the Speaker of House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has taken his case to the 200 newly elected members of the House.

He has promised the new lawmakers 75 percent of committee chairmanship and deputy positions if elected Speaker. Jubrin in a letter to the lawmakers pledged to give special attention to the new members.

Jibrin, who heads the House Committee on Finance, accused his other opponents for the position of showing little attention to this new group of dynamic in coming members.

He advised the new members to use their numerical strength by supporting his candidature. This would be the second letter Jibrin would write to his colleagues in the House.

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Gbajabiamila Lobbies State Caucuses For Speakership

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In a bid to shore up support for his quest for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila is wooing state caucuses of the House.

Gbajabiamila, who is also the current Minority Leader in the House, has started to reach out to state caucuses of the House.

He has equally set up a 36-man mobilisation committee to canvass support for him in the states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The state coordinators are to help him to solicit support of in the build-up to the election of new Speaker.

The campaign coordinators included Rufai Chanchangi (Kaduna), Abdulahi Balarabe Salame (Sokoto), Khadijah Ibrahim (Yobe) and Baderinwa White (Ondo), among others.

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