House of Representatives members loyal to Speaker Yakubu
Dogara have agreed to concede the position of House Leader to the group
loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila, as part of efforts to restore peace to the
House.
The House has been enmeshed in crises following Mr. Dogara’s election
against the wish of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The APC had supported Mr. Gbajabiamila to emerge speaker.
After losing the speakership election, the party nominated the
lawmaker as the House Majority Leader, a proposal since opposed by Mr.
Dogara.
The concession follows a meeting, which held Tuesday
evening between Mr. Dogara and some members of the House, with the
immediate past Speaker and current governor of Sokoto State, Aminu
Tambuwal in Abuja.
APC governors had, after their meeting last week, formed a committee
led by Mr. Tambuwal to mediate and find a solution to the crisis in the
House.
“There was a consensus that in order to achieve peace and
accommodation in the House, that the position of the House Leader be
conceded to the
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila Group to nominate a candidate,”
he said.
He added however, that “considering the constitutional requirement of
equitable representation and federal character, such candidate should
be from any zone other than the North East and South West Zones that had
already produced the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively”.
Our source added that the members informed Mr. Tambuwal that there
were already pending suits from members and groups from the South East
and North Central Zones on the matter and that only a fair resolution
that carries every zone along would be acceptable.
Source: Our Repoter &Premium Times
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