isquar3d3:

Emeka Ihedioha frm d south east elected deputy speaker. SW is finished!

johnie:


Aminu Tambuwal
Tambuwal is the Deputy Chief Whip of the House. A lawyer by training, he represents Kebbe/Tambwal federal constituency of Sokoto State . He was an All Nigeria Peoples Party lawmaker until a few months to the April 2007 election, when he defected to the PDP. Tambuwal took over from Dr Ahmed Salik as the ANPP leader in the House in 2005 - a change the party never recognised. He dumped the ANPP for the PDP at the behest of former Governor Bafarawa of Sokoto decamping to DPP. He returned to the ANPP when DPP denied all the Sokoto lawmakers ticket during the primaries that preceded the April election. Eventually, the ANPP gave him a ticket for election, only for him to defect to the PDP when Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, the then ANPP governorship candidate, was lured out of the party with a PDP governorship ticket. He was a well-known lawmaker and a reliable opposition voice in the chamber until he changed political camps.

Tambuwal came to the House in 2003. He is a progressive and sophisticated schemer.  He was part of those who fought against the then ANPP leader, Ahmed Salik, during the early days of the Masari era. He is a well-informed lawyer and knows how to stay away from controversy. In the thick of Ettehgate, he withdrew from public glare and preferred to scheme from the shadows. That may have accounted for his surviving as the Deputy Chief Whip.


Emeka Ihedioha
Ihedioha is the new Chief Whip of the House.  He belongs to the progressive camp, and a supporter of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. It has been a marvel how he was able to secure a return ticket from the PDP, despite his avowed support for Abubakar and opposition to the third term plot. He replaces Sam Amadi, who fell casualty to the N628m house renovation scandal.


Femi Gbajabiamila
Gbajabiamila is an Action Congress member from Lagos State and the Minority Whip of the House. He came to the House in 2003, and he is one of the brains behind the Integrity Group and the subsequent removal of Etteh. He fought the former Speaker at every turn, and used his position to work with other minority groups in the House to sway most of the members to dump Etteh. He is experienced in legislative matters, and is a core progressive.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2007111713175271

HIROSHI:

Wonderful! The South thought they have something by winning the presidency. But look at this: VP - North; Senate Presidency - North; Speaker - North; Chief Justice - North; President of Court of Appeal - North; Chief Judge of Fed High Court - North.

The end product: the North retains power from the back and controls Jonathan and could get him impeached at the narrowest of chances.

I do hope Nigeria remains at the end of the whole drama.

muami:

These are the kind of comments that makes me beleive that there is hope for Nigeria. i.e people analysing political issues devoid of North vs South. Its really a fresher from all the myopic analysis on this thread simply based on North vs South. Its high time, we the followers grow up if we want the leaders to do the same!

isquar3d3:

thats wat politics is all about bro. Personal interest. Bt Bankole is jst deceiving himself. Are u telling me dat if he had been re-elected, he wld nt hv registered his interest in d speakership again? He was jst playing 2 d gallery.

isquar3d3:

Emeka Ihedioha frm d south east elected deputy speaker. SW is finished!

muami:

Simply means that Nigeria is getting matured politically. PDP is the ruling party and the offices are going to places where the PDP performed! That is how politics should be played.
Also, I dont know what you mean by "SW is finished!" The SW deliberately voted for an opposition party because they were comfortable with it and the last time I checked being in an opposition party is part of democracy!

muami:

These are the kind of comments that makes me beleive that there is hope for Nigeria. i.e people analysing political issues devoid of North vs South. Its really a fresher from all the myopic analysis on this thread simply based on North vs South. Its high time, we the followers grow up if we want the leaders to do the same!

isquar3d3:

D south east shld nt complain again. They'v got 3 top positions in government now. The SSG, deputy senate president and deputy speaker. Same wit d north west wit d V.P and d speakership.

muami:

Simply means that Nigeria is getting matured politically. PDP is the ruling party and the offices are going to places where the PDP performed! That is how politics should be played.
Also, I dont know what you mean by "SW is finished!" The SW deliberately voted for an opposition party because they were comfortable with it and the last time I checked being in an opposition party is part of democracy!

dayokanu:

I am so delighted with the happeneing in the Legislative arms of govt.

That means the PDP is finally dead in the SW

Thank You Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

We are grateful for kicking out PDP, OBJ and his cronies from the SW

dayokanu:

If Zoning is dead, Why didnt GEJ chose a Southerner as VP? Or are you saying that based on merit, Sambo is the best man for VP position in the whole Nigeria?

dayokanu:

Well the Northerners have used the "Zoning is dead" slogan against us.

Lets see how any SOutherner would get a post.

Thank God the SW removed themselves from this madness and held tight to the ACN

Thank you Tinubu

jmaine:

Stop overplaying the North presidential grouse over zoning . . . Cos it's has been proven that no region can win any election  on it's own in Modern Day Nigeria

isquar3d3:

right bt i hope u r nt underplaying d opposition's influence in his electn. Mulikat got 90 votes. Imagine wat wld hav happened had d over 70 ACN members voted 4 her instead of Tambuwal like they did. She undoubtedly wld hv gotten simple majority(180+1). Bt u'r right. No region can stand on its own.

jmaine:

Tambuwal won, not because of the Northern factor but because he appealed to the majority of his colleagues which consisted of North, South, East and West extraction . .and his major backers are from his PDP members [/b]who for once are standing up for themselves for what they feel is right despite threats from their party . . .S

jason123:

This is just so funny!
Zoning is dead yet GEJ chose a Northern as his VP? Zoning is alive yet the Senate president and PDP's national chairman are from the North?

WOOW! 2015 will be a very very interesting year. 2015 will ask Nigerians the question they have all been scared to hear. That year will shake Nigeria to her very foundation!
With Sambo waiting to over take GEJ (zoning is alive ), yet Fashola may want to contest as the next president(zoning is dead and we want merit ) and Ndigbo will want a shot at it (zoning is alive but was paused for 4 yrs ) .

Funny country!

dayokanu:

Well the Northerners have used the "Zoning is dead" slogan against us.

Lets see how any SOutherner would get a post.

Thank God the SW removed themselves from this madness and held tight to the ACN

Thank you Tinubu

dayokanu:

Whats the bigger picture?

isquar3d3:

The SS seems content wit jst its presidential slot. I hope dats enough 4 dem.