NASS LEADERSHIP: 24 Kano Reps-Elect endorses Gbajabiamila for Speaker

No less than 24 House of Representatives members-elect from Kano State have endorsed the candidacy of Mr Femi Gbajabiamila as the next Speaker of the Ninth National Assembly.

Reports say the decision to settle for Gbajabiamila as the next Speaker of the Ninth National Assembly was reached during a meeting with the Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Friday night.

During the meeting, the motion to adopt Gbajabiamila according to a statement by Ameen K. Yassar, the Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kano State, was seconded by the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly and a member-elect for Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure Federal constituency, Kabiru Alhasan Rurum.

Speaking on behalf of the members-elect, the Chief Whip, House of Representatives and member-elect, Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal constituency, Alhasan Ado Doguwa explained that “The decision is to respect the decision of the National Working Committee of the APC on the zoning of the position of the Speaker of the House to the South-West.”