10th NASS: Why I’m Surprised At The Choice Of Gbajabiamila For Consensus Candidate — Betara
the candidates for the office of speaker of the House of Representatives, as an unknown person.
He said he was very surprised by the choice of Abbas above other well-known candidates made by the current speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.
On Monday, Betara made this statement while formally expressing interest in the race for speaker. Six additional candidates who have pledged to work with one another to reject Abbas were present for the declaration.
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Recall that the APC’s National Working Committee decided to support Ben Kalu for Deputy Speaker and Abbas for Speaker.
Five of the contenders, including Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, Sada Soli, Ado Doguwa, Ahmed Jaji, and Betara, have united to challenge Abbas.
“I was surprised that my friend and my boss (Gbajabiamila) nominated one person outside of all of us here. If today, the Deputy Speaker is contesting, the chairman appropriation is contesting, the Majority Leader is contesting, then who is closer to the Speaker? So nobody. He is picking somebody that members of the 9th Assembly don’t know. A lot of us don’t know him,” Betara said.
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