Aspirants vying for the position of Speaker of the 10th National Assembly, known as the G7 and Greater Minority Caucus comprising members-elect from the seven opposition parties, have unanimously adopted consensus candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
OsunDaily News reports that this is coming weeks ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly.
It was gathered that the G7 and Greater Minority Caucus took the decision at a high-level meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
A speakership aspirant, Yusuf Gagdi, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, confirmed that the members-elect unanimously settled for candidates that would be acceptable to the majority of them.
He also disclosed that the groups unanimously “decided to wait for a later date to unveil the candidates.
“The G7 met with Greater Minority and agreed on consensus candidates for Speaker and deputy Speaker, but we will not mention the names yet.
“We reached the agreement based on the best choice of people that will be acceptable to the majority of the parties involved.
“We have formed this alliance to resist all attempts by external forces to impose leadership on the 10th House of Representatives.
“Be rest assured that the next leadership of the House will emerge from us.”
OsunDaily News reports the Greater Minority is made up of 182 members-elect cutting across the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Labour Party (LP); New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP); Africa Democratic Congress (ADC); Young People’s Party (YPP); All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
While the G7 are aspirants for the speaker position who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC): Deputy Speaker of the House, Honourable Ahmed Idris Wase; Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Hononourable. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi; Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Honorable Muktar Aliyu Betara; Honourable Sada Soli; Honourable Mariam Onuoha and Honourable Aminu Sani Jaji.
