A member of the Onuimo/Isiala Mbano/Okigwe Federal Constituency in Imo State, Princess Onuoha, has come forward to explain why she is confident in becoming the next Speaker of the House of Representatives as the competition for the leadership positions of the incoming 10th National Assembly heats up.
According to Newsmen, Onuoha, who is the first and only female lawmaker to date to proclaim her intention to run for office, believes she has the support needed to win.
The politician from Imo State claims that she will become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly with the support of 198 members-elect of the green chamber.
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After Patricia Etteh, the first female Speaker of the House from June to October 2007, declared that politics is not about making noise, Onuoha promised to break the record.
Speaking on Channels Television, she claimed that because she has faced and defeated men in general elections, she is qualified to serve as the next Speaker of the Green Chamber.
The lawmaker said “I have about 198 members whom I have talked to and I have got their ultimate buy-in in my kitty. Politics is not about making noise.
“I have paid my dues,” the APC lawmaker stated, adding that “my people said I have raised the bar of leadership.”
Onuoha, who successfully ran for re-election, revealed that even though the Labour Party won in her Imo state, she supported her party’s nominee, Bola Tinubu, in the presidential election on February 25.
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She made it clear that she was running for speaker not because she was from the South-East but rather because she wanted to help the country.
Onuoha said, “I am not in the race because of the zoning factor. I am here and I have offered myself to serve the Nigerian people and offered them robust and dynamic leadership.
“The South-East has been solidly behind the APC. I have been a solid member of the All Progressives Congress. I put my billboard in the South-East running campaigns alongside Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I know the backlash I got from the people yet I was able to garner over 44,000 votes for myself and for the presidential election. So, we delivered.
“My federal constituency won. I delivered and I have the evidence. My people voted because they didn’t want to take a chance by voting another party…I have brought participatory governance to my people; politics of inclusivity.
“So, you want to say I will not compete and contest alongside other candidates who might not have delivered? South-East is not the only zone who did not come up as expected. We have the north where the NNPP also made inroads.”
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