and saraki was what when he decamped? Another saraki, dogara is loading.

The nonsense that happened in 2015 due to the crooked move made by saraki will never repeat itself again.

Hibiscus50:
Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara is making frantic moves to retain his seat when the 9th National Assembly will be inaugurated in June this year, Reporters  has learnt.

Dogara’s moves, it was learnt, are coming despite the fact that he is now a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP, so far, has a little over 100 reps-elect against the 220 seats of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Although the constitution does not restrict any leadership position in the National Assembly to the party with majority, the tradition has been for such a party to produce the leadership since it has the required numbers to do so.

Dogara became speaker on June 9, 2015 under APC, ‎defying the party’s decision for current House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila to be elected as speaker. Dogara scored 182 votes to Gbajabiamila’s 174 votes, while four votes were voided

In emerging, Dogara joined forces with some APC members at the time along with PDP lawmakers, who gave him overwhelming support. The APC had 213 members at the time, while PDP had about 140 lawmakers.

However, the speaker dumped the APC for PDP late last year, few days to the PDP primaries for National Assembly seats.

‎Sources told Daily Trust yesterday that despite being critical of the APC government at both his native state of Bauchi and the federal level, Dogara is now making efforts to break the ranks of the APC members, especially returning lawmakers, to retain the speaker’s seat.

However, it was learnt that most of the returning APC lawmakers that supported him in 2015, including ‎some from the PDP, are not ready to support  him.

An APC member, who was a staunch Dogara supporter in 2015, said: “We’re very much aware that he wants to recontest for the speaker’s seat.

“He wants to break the ranks of the APC members, just the way he used some of us to become speaker. But we supported him in 2015 because we all belonged to the same party then.

“This time around, he won’t get that support from us, because apart from leaving the APC that made him speaker, he has been one of those attacking our government. We can’t support such a person.‎ Besides, Dogara would have wished PDP to form majority. So, why should we support him?” the lawmaker said.

Another lawmaker, who supported Dogara four years ago, confirmed Dogara’s readiness to recontest for the seat.

“He wants to see the final figures across party lines first. His initial thought was that the margin wouldn’t be more than 10 or 20, but as it is now, the margin is getting to 100. But his new plan now is to break our ranks no matter what. He won’t succeed this time around,” the lawmaker said.

A third lawmaker, who did not want to be named, noted that Dogara could not reap where he did not sow, noting that they would ensure that nobody would break the ranks of APC members.

“He can’t insult our government here and there only for him to turn around and demand for our support. No way. We won’t allow any such thing to happen. We only supported him last time because we were in the same party.

“Let me tell you, even some PDP members won’t support him. I know of two PDP members that called me after the elections and said they learnt Dogara wants to recontest but that they won’t back him,” the lawmaker, who pleaded anonymity, said.

Yet another member, who also got re-elected, said ab initio, he did not support Dogara’s emergence as speaker and he did not see any reason why he should change that decision, especially now that the speaker is in another party.

“The party must be firm this time around so that we won’t have any dissidents among us.‎ But the truth of the matter is that no member will stick his neck out for the opposition because of the way APC stood for all of us, both returning and new members,” the lawmaker said.

‎Our correspondent reports that some of the APC lawmakers that supported Dogara in 2015 are now in the race for the speaker’s seat.

Mohammed Umar Bago, Ahmed Idris Wase, Babangida Ibrahim and Abdulrazak Namdas from Niger, Plateau, Katsina and Adamawa states respectively had in 2015 supported Dogara to emerge speaker. ‎But all of them are now eyeing the Number 4 Citizen’s seat.

Other major contenders for the seat in the coming 9th Assembly are Gbajabiamila and Mohammed Tahir Monguno, who contested for the speaker and Deputy Speaker in 2015 but lost to Dogara and Yussuf Suleimon Lasun respectively.

Allow me to concentrate – Speaker

Contacted, Dogara’s Special‎ Adviser on Media and Public Affairs Turaki Hassan said the speaker was concentrating on achieving the Legislative Agenda of the 8th House and that he should be allowed to concentrate on that.

“The life of the current House still lasts for the next three months and there are many pending issues before the House which need urgent legislative attention including the 2019 Appropriations Bill.

“The Rt. Hon. Speaker is concentrating in accomplishing all he promised in the Legislative Agenda of the House of Representatives. Who becomes what in the 9th House of Representatives is not the concern or business of the current Speaker, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara. You should please spare him from these unfounded speculations.”

However, a close ally to the speaker told Daily Trust on telephone that the speaker will give the seat a trial for a second time.

“The calculation is that PDP may get appreciable numbers, while some APC members may go against the party just the way they did last time. So, we’re keeping hope alive,” the speaker’s ally said.

From the results of the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections, many Dogara loyalists in the APC and PDP are not returning‎ to the 9th Assembly.

Over 30 of them are not returning to the House. They include Jagaba Adams Jagaba, Sunday Marshal Katung, Joseph Akinlaja, Abdussamad Dasuki, Kabiru Marafa Achida, Aminu Shehu Shagari, ‎‎Sunday Karimi, ‎Emmanuel Egwu, Hassan Omale, Benjamin Okolo and ‎Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev.

Emmanuel Udende, Ezekiel Adaji, ‎Edward Pwajok, Istifanus Gyang, ‎John bull Shekarau, Abubakar ‎Amuda-Kanike, Razak Atunwa, Zakari Mohammed, Aliyu Hamman-Pategi, David Ombugadu, Mohammed Onawo, Betty Apiafi, Evelyn Oboro, among many others.

http://www.statereporters.com/2019/03/04/9th-national-assembly-dogara-moves-retain-speakers-seat/

President Buari must have learnt his bitter lesson during the fiasco of selecting the leaderships of the legislature last term, so Rt Hon Dogara should forget the idea to staging any coup to get the speakership in June, Buhari will be involved in the processes now,also the party APC will be tougher in terms of party discipline...

Wild goose chase...

The were able to succeed because of Buhari's nonchalant attitude to who becomes what then, this time around, any idiot that trys anything would be in efcc custody when they would be choosing the house leadership!

Apc lawmakers should stop this anti party activities. They must make sure that Pdp does not get the speaker and the deputy speakers position

any attempt to make gbajabiamila speaker will cause rebellion in the house. speaker and vp should not come from the same zone.

Dream on Dogora!!!! Members are planning on how to suspend you and make you irrelevant, you are there dreaming. SMH for you. Let the session begin, then you go know say karki no be leather.

fasbat:
President Buari must have learnt his bitter lesson during the fiasco of selecting the leaderships of the legislature last term, so Rt Hon Dogara should forget the idea to staging any coup to get the speakership in June, Buhari will be involved in the processes now,also the party APC will be tougher in terms of party discipline...

it's d duty of nass members to elect their leader's...if apc would be wise equity shd guide them more so carry everything along to decide who become nass leaders if de try to use that useless phrase party supremacy...pdp ll twart it...remember everything ll be voted for in the house...this is not dictatorship wer d president decides everything

capitalzero:
any attempt to make gbajabiamila speaker will cause rebellion in the house. speaker and vp should not come from the same zone.

they won't hear na as if other regions no be human being...gbajia shd remain majority leader

Donmedra:
pdp was a minority in 2015

He became speaker when he was in APC before he decamped to PDP

Dogara will be irrelevant in this house just like David Mark, well he (Dogara) can be minority leader

Donmedra:
PDP should hijacked nass the second time and frustrate buhari

fool so that u will say negative is not working .may thunder strike ur intentions

theoldpretender:


Dogara was not in the PDP when he was voted as Speaker.

He defected to pdp 3 years later, but since the Constitution does not specify that the Speaker must come from the majority party, he remained speaker.

He defected from the PDP to the APC during the GEJ/Buhari 2015 battle. So he still has a lot of influence in the then PDP as at the time the house was convened.

He equally had some influence in his new party then, the APC. He was able to win through the support he gleaned from both PDP and APC.

This time around, he will only get minimal support from the APC. At most like 15 - 20 renegades since he did not come in as APC.

The APC candidate will also get some renegades from the rank of the PDP, maybe like 5-10.


The numbers does not favour Dogara. 100 plus PDP reps to 200 plus APC.

Some northern Reps that voted him then, because of ethnic considerations, will not do so now, because of the way he has been attacking the Buhari regime.

There's no way he can clinch that ticket, except if APC is enmeshed in serious crisis or if the party candidate is very unpopular.

Hon Gbajabiamila will be the party's candidate and he's very intelligent and sound. He will comfortably defeat Dogara this time around.

seanfer:


He won under APC and decamped late last year.... Get your fact

He was formally of PDP before defecting to APC before the 2015 elections.

Will be very difficult for him to do that

APC should act fast to settle the issue of principal officers to avoid a repeat of the saraki saga

agabusta:


He was formally of PDP before defecting to APC before the 2015 elections.

He Won the Rep ticket Under APC and he contested the Speaker Seat as APC elected Rep.... Do a little research

seanfer:


He Won the Rep ticket Under APC and he contested the Speaker Seat as APC elected Rep.... Do a little research

Nobody is saying the contrary. We just went a little further into his political life to let you know that he was even PDP ab initio before going to the APC and then later returning to the PDP.

He will fail this time.

haryorbarmie83:
The guy want to decamp be that.

That is, if APC welcomes him.

Apc will not make that mistake again esp when Oshomiole is their chairman. By giving the governors of imo and ogun state suspension is an indirect way of telling the senators elect and house of rep elect to behave themselves even before they hold their cacus meeting to decide their zoning formula. I am not sure that any apc members elect will raise his hand to support any pdp member this time in the house. If any of them tries that, the person should be ready to dig it out with Osho and besides PMB has learnt a bitter lesson from saraki. He wouldnt want to make the same mistake again. Dogara should just mind his business and forget the seat becos no apc member will support him after castigating PMB 's government.

With oshiomhole as national chairman, those rubbish of 2015 can't repeat itself.

OGHENAOGIE:
it's d duty of nass members to elect their leader's...if apc would be wise equity shd guide them more so carry everything along to decide who become nass leaders if de try to use that useless phrase party supremacy...pdp ll twart it...remember everything ll be voted for in the house...this is not dictatorship wer d president decides everything

. The gap between APC and PDP was small last term but it widen this session

fasbat:
. The gap between APC and PDP was small last term but it widen this session

that's wat de told u abi...by hw many margin is d gap...apc no get two third majority that's means pdp can always play a key role in everything esp if apc is divided

Sharp sharp. No dulling