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Speakership: North-West backs Gbajabiamila.

A leader of the All Progressives Congress in the North-West, has said that the zone’s candidate in the race for the Speaker, House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, will step down for the South-West candidate, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The chieftain, who is also a ranking senator-elect, told our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday that the party leaders, in a bid to ensure that the South-West produce the speaker, had agreed to convince Jibrin to run as deputy to Gbajabiamila.

Our correspondent observed that the figure of both zones in the House of Representatives is almost half of the entire population of the lawmakers in the lower chamber.

The senator, who preferred anonymity, said that both Gbajabiamila and Jibrin would address a joint news conference at the Oyo/Osun hall at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja on Monday (today) by 11.00am.

He said, “With this development, the APC has effectively resolved the issue of speaker and deputy speaker respectively in the House of Representatives. It is now left for it to resolve the Senate issue.

“The calculation is that if the North-East emerges as Senate President, and the South-West gets the Speaker, no aspirant from the North-East can emerge Deputy Speaker. It will automatically go to the North-West.”

When contacted, Jibrin said, “I am ready to abide by the decision of the party in the interest of Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, cracks seemed to have emerged within the North-East caucus of the party with some of them throwing their weights behind Senator AhmadLawan, while others are pitching their tents with either SenatorsDanjuma Goje and Ali Ndume.

Eleven out of the 13 APC senators elect for the 8th Senate from the North East geo-political zone had 11 days ago, precisely May 1, 2015, vehemently kicked against the endorsement their counterparts from the North West zone.

The eleven senators led by Goje ( Gombe Central) submitted at the media briefing where they disowned Lawan, that though as Senators from the North East, they wanted the APC national leadership to zone the post to the zone, they were completely against the endorsement of Ahmad Lawan by the 20 APC senators-elect from the North-West.

Surprisingly on Friday, one of the arrow heads of the anti-Lawan endorsement, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, issued a statement on behalf of the Yobe lawmakers in the National Assembly, endorsing Lawan’s ambition.

This opinion matters than the one coming from other expired fellow.

The North west caucus in the house has endorsed SW for the same position.
His opinion is not tangible.

All ye hypocrites , 8 states mentioned showed 6 PDP governors and 2 APC governors. But in your usual manner of leaving the log of wood in your eyes to criticise the speck in another eyes.

sensible thing to do. Smoke him out when the time for offensive arrives

hallucinations .

@op, check in to a mental facility promptly

if she has made a name for herself before I married her, then no problem.

There are some married women who not only ditched their fathers surname, but acquire the husband first and last name as part of their name

I talk am , let's see his defence. People like Ben Bruce can talk big, but the results na microscope we go use am. He should contest as PDP governor for Bayelsa next year, from the look of things, Dickson will not get a second term. Let's see the magic he can do, luckily for him, the allocation is tangible enough for him to play around with.

if thr essence of the op is to spite yorubas, at the least one of the two positions will be occipied by a Yoruba . if Femi gbaja does not emerge speaker, bukola Saraki will emerge senate president.

barcanista:
I hope he did not meet his wife-to-be via Yerima?

This guy is retrogressing, the ills of wrong company(TANOIDS & CO.)

Out of the box solutions, not crying everyday about gas pipeline vandalism.
I feel like giving the current minister of power backhand smack on the face, anytime he comes on air to lament about pipeline vandalism, as if he was employed to receive pity from Nigerians. Only fools do a thing the same way over and over again and expect a different result.

He is pregnant, his wife is not

Ben Bruce wants to be noticed, the day he starts to criticise the administration in Bayelsa state where he comes from is when i will really take him serious. Bayelsa state per capita is the RICHEST state in Nigeria, yet little or nothing to show. tiny Bayelsa, the least populated state in Nigeria operates with 75% the budget of Lagos state. I stand to be disproved , people like Ben bruce when in govt. will be known for bogus, big talks with little achievement to showcase. In 2-3 years down the line, I want to see the Bills he is working on.

gmemdee:
I think the problem is with the genotype tests. What I suspect (and this is conjecture) is that girl is not SS but SC and that the father is not AA but AC. My experience is that most Nigerian labs cannot correctly identify AC and SC genotypes. My reco will be for them to seek out a respected lab to redo the genotype tests for the Father and daughter.

This is another possibility .

An University teaching hospital lab tests is advised.

oluwalfa:
Does the husband have a brother that is AS or SS? Sometimes women having difficulty conceiving mate with their husband's family so the DNA stays the same as the husband's.

Finally, someone echoes one of my thoughts.

Women when looking for the fruit of the womb, play soccer with the boots of their husband family member, and rationalise it that after all, it is from the same family.

And this is the man that would lead PDP as opposition. Fayose is technically daft, make no mistake about his brawn attitude. he can only succeed as a dictator, an opportunity he wont get as an opposition party member

conjectures and speculations of idiiotz. I expect to see more of these, what these idiotss are waiting for is an opportunity to say "we said it".

payback time, the west backed tambuwal in 2011.

Gbaja still needs at least 30% of PDP legislators vote and like 70% of north central APC votes.

helpee:
Fayose is the only politician left in PDP that can spearhead a good opposition with time. I was actually shocked when I saw what muazu wrote on twitter. This guy is a confirmed traitor. If fayose can maintain this tempo, regardless of the opinion of nairaland kids, nigeria will be better for it. With muazu, PDP will soon be buried. He will soon lead the NEC of PDP to pledge allegiance to buhari and we need opposition to checkmate APC....fayose, the new face of opposition wether in PDP or another party

OMG, Fayose as the only politician that can spearhead Opposition PDP? What a fuckery?, You need an intellectual thug, Fayose is a hard core thug with no trace of intellectualism in him, People like Fayose only succeed with support of the security forces ! How does a Fayose with no Federal police or military backing succeed to spearhead opposition, when he has no intellectual drive ? .

I want PDP to survive, but it wont with the likes of Fayose, it would die faster . Haba ! PDP must survive o, even if it will change name , merge or whatsoever.....

A major reason why PDP lost to APC is that APC had an intellectual thug in Tinubu.

bofoy:
i criticize govt , u mentioned death , i no be igbo so don't hate on me , i wish ur parents the same recovery

get well soon, and stay off hate if you recover.

BlackTechnology:
Afonja

Awolowo

Mko

Tinubu


A tribe that fails to learn from history

What history? Tinubu's place in history is firmly established, he is a partaker in the current government, and the negatives you wish for will only reside and die in your evil hearts.

bofoy:
may it not be well with you , i no any govt i just criticize u mention death, back to sender and may it befall ur family in Jesus name amen

even from your posts, you are already showings symptoms of at least 1 health issue, i can clearly sense mental fatigue. I wish you recovery bro.

bofoy:
guy open ur eyes and see reality and stop being blind , u talk like a child how old ar u ? For ur mind buhari wil deliver abi ? Go and have a night rest till 2019

Your hate might generate health complications like ulcer, hbp, and even death. U need to be alive to witness the next 4 yrs.

temitemi1:
I said stop talking!!

no one is talking here, dunce.

bofoy:
if it has work for you in the last 4 years then it will also work for me in the next 4 years

Only sick in the head people want a goverment to fail, i am an advocate of good governance, impact on peoples lives , that is all. I will criticize the incoming govt. as much as i think it gets stuffs wrong, but not to wish it failure, that is practical insanity.

Success or failure of the incoming goverment will tell on you , no matter how much you deny it.

bofoy:
u should be ashamed of urself is that not the same way una did to my daddy GEJ

Your cries and wish for infighting and failure will last for the next 4 years at the very least, but it will all be in VAIN.

temitemi1:
Stop talking sir!

you these igbira troll, dont attempt to type your typical nonsense.

Ekiti is sinking, Doctors are on strike over kidnap of two of their own, and now this, the thug governor is busy transferring aggression and fighting muazu.

Ekiti and bad news these days .

Is there a kidnapping gang in the state ? Medical Doctors in Ekiti state are currently on strike over a kidnap of one of their own.

Fayose has to get busy , and leave external affairs for now.

All some people will do in vain for the next 4 years is wishing, scheming, hoping that APC and buhari led goverment fails.

That is a nice step, if true.

It is something Obama led administration does frequently.

Gauging opinions and feelers online and offline is what a true leader /party should do.

I could imagine PEJ telling GEJ not to concede defeat. That whale like woman is a very stubborn and garrulous somebody

nationwide1:
Sometimes I wonder why we are in the same country. At times I feel it is natural. Yes, it is natural to hold a prejudice(s) against a person / people but I think the only constant thing in life is change meaning we can change.



One thing I discover is that we still intermarry in spite of the caustic attack on each other's tribe. Such union can eternally head to the rocks if any of the couple is one of those who hold these prejudices. It might make forgiveness difficult in marriage.


Who knows perhaps the Zulu land king learned the discrimination / segregation art from us and found a good reason for the remarks that led to xenophobia.




Let's discuss why this is becoming an alarming trend and how we can change it.
Remember, we are in the season of change.

The psychologial trauma after the biafra war. Most Ibo parents still preach hate to their offsprings concerning yorubas, they cite actions of Awolowo and the yorubas during the war as the reason they lost the biafran war. And tribal hate indocrination from the cradle are the worst. More and more Yorubas are realising the deep seated resentment many Ibos have against yorubas, and gradually moving away from the typical liberal mindedness Yorubas are known for. Unfortunately for the ibos , the economic powerhouse of Nigeria lies in the South west, meaning they have to migrate to the same SW.