However, coming to the National Assembly that is where we need an experienced leader. And experienced leadership, Wase is capable, he has good character and
he can deliver very well. He has been here for a very long time. He came to this House as an Action Congress representative moved to the Action Congress of Nigeria and then to APC. He is a progressive to the core. He respects the party very well so I know that he has the capacity to galvanise support and ensure a smooth relationship at the chamber.
However, everybody is qualified to have the aspiration to be deputy speaker. As we speak, people from Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and even Lagos were the speaker comes from, want to be Deputy Speaker. So when we get to that level first, let’s bring it to our area. If we are honoured with the Deputy Speaker, I know the leadership of the party will sit down to decide.
For me as a person, you can not put a sweet in my mouth and I will swallow it because I have the capacity. I came into the National Assembly having done well as a banker and I think my first four years were a huge success. So, there is no parameter or hardline you give that I will not qualify to be but I just believe in us doing one thing after the other. For now, the speakership position is important. We don’t even need to push it too much because there is a natural successor.
So if it comes to the South West, I know he will not take decisions on his own. He will sit down with his colleagues to decide where to put it and if it comes to Ondo State all of us here believe in the leadership of our governor. He will sit us down and we will look at it together. It is not a thing that I will be fighting for and we are all party men. It is what the party says that we will follow. If the party says Timehin takes it, I will grab it.
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