After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house of reps.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

They should work together and share the principal positions amongst themselves

PDP speaker
LP deputy speaker
NNNP majority leader
Sdp Chief whip

Al the APC need is 4 house members.

Mynd44:
Al the APC need is 4 house members.

Thar is assuming there are even united

It is easier for APC to convince 5 opposition to work with them than for 185 opposition to convince themselves to work together.

Georgry:


It is easier for APC to convince 5 opposition to work with them that for 185 opposition to convince themselves to work together.

It is a simple statistical issue

kcnwaigbo:
They should work together and share the principal positions amongst themselves

PDP speaker
LP deputy speaker
NNNP majority leader
Sdp Chief whip

if labour party and PDP decide to come together, APC will take NNPP members and reward them with minority leader.

We shall See.

Tinubu will work tooth and nail to make sure it doesnt happen

mrhowoto:
After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

In the list you produced all Parties, from NNPP downwards, will work with the ruling Party because APC has the political Carrot.

Sitting and elected Politicians in Nigeria, from Governors to legislators, usually only always join the ruling Party, or work with it, because it gives them affinity with the centre which is everything in Nigerian politics and often the difference between success and failure.

This is why Tinubu struggled for two decades to get to the centre. It is why Umahi and co will always join the ruling Party rather than the other way round.

Lastly, politicians are not like you and most ordinary Nigerians. They are not in office to fight silly and fruitless battles.

They want success and actualization of their permanent interest. This is often gauranteed by been close to or working for/with the centre rather than fighting the ruling Party.

kcnwaigbo:
They should work together and share the principal positions amongst themselves

PDP speaker
LP deputy speaker
NNNP majority leader
Sdp Chief whip

and impeach Tinubu

Very simple, Tinubu is very notorious in bribery.He will simply go to that house with Ghana must go bag and some of those members especially those of labour party will just decamp immediately.i mention labour party cos most of them are ibos and they see every opportunity as business

Even APGA would join APC.

Lets face it, the opposition cannot produce the speaker. The Apc may strike a deal with the Wike’s faction of the Pdp which elected majority of the house of reps members in River state.
Secondly the Sdp members from Nasarawa state who were members of the Apc prior to the 2023 election may be inclined to work with the ruling APC.
In the alternative i see a dogara or tambawal scenario playing out where the ruling Apc may choose a candidate for speaker but another Apc rep may emerge as speaker with the backing of the opposition.

Mynd44:
Al the APC need is 4 house members.

They will get even 10 times that number once the horse trading begins.

OsisiAnambra:
Lets face it, the opposition cannot produce the speaker. The Apc may strike a deal with the Wike’s faction of the Pdp which elected majority of the house of reps members in River state.
Secondly the Sdp members from Nasarawa state who were members of the Apc prior to the 2023 election may be inclined to work with the ruling APC.
In the alternative i see a dogara or tambawal scenario playing out where the ruling Apc may choose a candidate for speaker but another Apc rep may emerge as speaker with the backing of the opposition.

Funny enough, this cannot happen under Tinubu's Presidency. Tinubu isn't like Buhari who doesn't care about his party. He'll make sure the APC is united. There's no way two APC house members would contest for the speakership position.

Dsalvo:




In the list you produced all Parties, from NNPP downwards, will work with the ruling Party because APC has the political Carrot.

Sitting and elected Politicians in Nigeria, from Governors to legislators, usually only always join the ruling Party, or work with it, because it gives them affinity with the centre which is everything in Nigerian politics and often the difference between success and failure.

This is why Tinubu struggled for two decades to get to the centre. It is why Umahi and co will always join the ruling Party rather than the other way round.

Lastly, politicians are not like you and most ordinary Nigerians. They are not in office to fight silly and fruitless battles.

They want success and actualization of their permanent interest. This is often gauranteed by been close to or working for/with the centre rather than fighting the ruling Party.

No one is talking about fighting the incoming president. Everyone knows that politicians are only interested in their pocket. This thread is premised on the opposition parties coming together to elect one of their own as the speaker of the 10th house of reps.

donphilopus:


Funny enough, this cannot happen under Tinubu's Presidency. Tinubu isn't like Buhari who doesn't care about his party. He'll make sure the APC is united. There's no way two APC house members would contest for the speakership position.

Precisely. Tinubu will make APC united and thus productive for Nigeria. Nobody is better than Tinubu in Nigerian contemporary politics, post 1999, at being a Party boss

Walahi, Nigerians are in for a ride under Tinubu. A wonderful and productive one.

muykem:
if labour party and PDP decide to come together, APC will take NNPP members and reward them with minority leader.

The minority leader is elected amongst the minority members of the house. The Apc cannot impose a leader on the minority.

Good, and they will do just that

Dsalvo:


Precisely. Tinubu will make APC united and thus productive for Nigeria. Nobody is better than Tinubu in Nigerian contemporary politics, post 1999, at being a Party boss

Walahi, Nigerians are in for a ride under Tinubu. A wonderful and productive one.

Thank God Tinubu has won. We now hope he restructured this country as you've always assured here. The mistake made by the greedy and selfish Obj shouldn't be made by him.

SDP and NNPP will surely work with APC.

mrhowoto:
After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house of reps.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

It would be in the interest of the minority parties if they stay together and control the house of representatives

muykem:
if labour party and PDP decide to come together, APC will take NNPP members and reward them with minority leader.

Are you a newbie in politics? It's not the duty of APC to choose minority leader

Tinubu is not Buhari, his a master strategist. He will bribe the hell of everybody and use others as escape goats.

OsisiAnambra:
Lets face it, the opposition cannot produce the speaker. The Apc may strike a deal with the Wike’s faction of the Pdp which elected majority of the house of reps members in River state.
Secondly the Sdp members from Nasarawa state who were members of the Apc prior to the 2023 election may be inclined to work with the ruling APC.
In the alternative i see a dogara or tambawal scenario playing out where the ruling Apc may choose a candidate for speaker but another Apc rep may emerge as speaker with the backing of the opposition.

mrhowoto:
After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house of reps.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

This number is not correct. For example here in Edo 2 house of rep seats is going b decided next Saturday.

iokpebholo:
Very simple, Tinubu is very notorious in bribery.He will simply go to that house with Ghana must go bag and some of those members especially those of labour party will just decamp immediately.i mention labour party cos most of them are ibos and they see every opportunity as business

decamp and lose your seat

mrhowoto:
After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house of reps.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

The ruling party usually choose an opposition to work with. It's easier that way
It is more difficult for all oppositions to work together.

This is same delusional fantasy that led obidients to believe that they can win Presidency without the North or christian votes are enough to win election in Nigeria

mrhowoto:

No one is talking about fighting the incoming president. Everyone knows that politicians are only interested in their pocket. This thread is premised on the opposition parties coming together to elect one of their own as the speaker of the 10th house of reps.

My point stands. The APC will want to produce Senate President and Speaker HOR.

If the opposition want any of those two top position, at the apex of our nation's politics, then they must have the Machiavellian guile, 'political Carrot' and might to overcome the APC otherwise that will become a problem for them.

I don't think it is possible looking at the numbers and considering the considerable political sagacity of Asiwaju.

Jorussia:
This number is not correct. For example here in Edo 2 house of rep seats is going b decided next Saturday.

The only rescheduled election in Edo is esan/igueben fed constituency which i gave to Apc when i compiled the list. In the event the election goes in favor of lp or Pdp, the number of seats Apc currently controls may shrink to 175 from 176.

mrhowoto:
After last Saturday’s National Assembly election, below is the composition of the house of reps.
APC - 176
PDP - 120
Labour - 35
NNPP - 19
APGA - 4
YPP - 2
SDP - 2
ADC- 2
The total number of members elected from the various opposition parties are 184.
If the opposition parties work together, they may produce the speaker and principal members of the house of reps.

There will.be a lots of decamp to the ruling party....honourables need a juicy position.