Femi Gbajabiamila Should Emerge Next Speaker- Chanchangi

All indications and supports is pointing toward the Minority leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, At least 75 members-elect of the 8th House of Representatives are in support of him as the next speaker. Hon. Ahmed Rufai (APC – Kaduna) told newmen in Ahangi on Wednesday that the support for Gbajabiamila was based on the fact that he possessed qualities to lead the House, having led the opposition party for the past eight years without any blemish.

He said: “I think, to me and to the returning members of the House, there is no conflict at all. The only person in the race is Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Apart from him, I can’t see anybody in the race because when you are talking about someone being in the race, the first thing to be taken into consideration is your home support base.“So, for me the only person that is contesting is Hon Femi. I am from the North-West, we have almost 90 members from the North-West. Kaduna State in particular we have 16, from Kano we have 24, Katsina we have 15, Jigawa we have 11 and in Sokoto we have 12 members respectively.
“What we have is almost one-quarter of the total honourable members of the House. And if you take a look at that statistics, from the 90 honourable members, about 75 to 80 are hundred percent with Femi Gbajabiamila and this is not because of party affiliation but because of what he did.”

The lawmaker, who recalled how Gbajabiamila spearheaded the emergence of Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, said it would be unfair to turn their backs against him as he aspires to lead the House.