Based on Order 2, Rule 2, paragraph 3a of the Standing Order of the House of Representatives provides the procedure for the election of a Speaker during the inauguration of every Assembly. Many members of the House of Representatives-elect have indicated their interest to vie for the highest office in the Green Chamber.
According to Order 2, Rule 2: “a member-elect, addressing the Clerk, shall propose another member-elect with legislative experience as a member of the National Assembly to be Speaker and shall move that such member-elect do take the chair as Speaker of the House of Representatives”.
Among the contestants are old and newcomers including a woman include incumbent Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase (Plateau, North-Central), Chairman, of the House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Mukhtar Betara (Borno, Northeast), Chairman, of the House Committee on Land Transport, Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna, Northwest), Chairman of the House Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli Jibia (Katsina, Northwest), Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (Plateau, North-Central), Abdulraheem Olawuyi (Kwara, North-Central), Benjamin Okezie Kalu (Abia, Southeast), Chairman of the House Committee on Disability Matters, Mariam Odinaka Onuoha (Imo, Southeast) as well as Abubakar Makki Yalleman and Sani Jaji.
The contenders are making frantic consultations with relevant stakeholders to ensure the realization of their dreams.
