10th NASS Speakership: Gbajabiamila, Reps disagree over Abbas
Some people-Elect of the Residence of Representatives are on a wrestle course with the Speaker of the Residence of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila over the speakership of tenth National Assembly.
It modified into as soon as learnt that one of the significant lawmakers are infected over what they regarded as disrespect to them in the likelihood of who succeeds Gbajabiamila by the Speaker’s Chief of Workers, Olarenwaju Trim.
There has been intense tussle over who emerges as speaker of the tenth National Assembly.
Then but again, the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in conjunction with the President-Elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, now not too long previously selected Hon. Tajudeen Abbass, as their most neatly-appreciated candidate for the disclose.
This construction hasn’t long gone down neatly with the diversified aspirants and the opposition parties, who had subsequently expressed their opposition to the the likelihood of APC and Tinubu.
Then but again, it modified into as soon as gathered that Trim, who is coordinating toughen of the frail and newly elected lawmakers for the APC Abbass, has been reaching out to threaten people to be gallop they vote for the anointed candidate or cease up with out being appointed a member of any “juicy committee” in the incoming assembly.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a lawmaker who belongs to the camp of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, one of many frontline aspirants for the disclose of Speakership acknowledged many lawmakers are deeply upset in regards to the threats being dished out to them by Trim.
He acknowledged some lawmakers possess proceeded to report the matter to Gbajabiamila.
He acknowledged: “It modified into as soon as rather dehumanising and belittling to be addressed adore that by any individual who has by no system contested elections, even for a local govt chairman or councillor disclose.”
The aggrieved member-elect disclosed futher: “He expressly instant us, people and people-elect of the Residence of Representatives who went thru the rigours of tense elections to rep where we’re this day, folks who campaigned to rep votes and went out of our ways to rep funds for our election, that we had greater toughen Hon. T.J (Abbas) or we must composed now not request of to chair and even be appointed people of top committees in the tenth Assembly. It’s miles the peak of disrespect.”
It modified into as soon as learnt that the reach heightened rigidity among the many lawmakers who had been already aggrieved over alleged illegal amendment of the Residence guidelines which has been attributed to Gbajabiamila and has ended in talks of a final minute impeachment .
Then but again, it modified into as soon as learnt that Speaker Gbajabiamila has been up calling the lawmakers to “apologise” and to solicit their “toughen” with guarantees of juicy offers in insist to pacify them.
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