Betara And Others Who May Become Speaker Feature
Independent National Electoral Commission last week. I extend the same wishes to the current speaker of the House, cerebral Hon Femi Gbajabiamila who is yet to explain to his constituents and Nigerians why he refused to show up to collect the certificate.
The collection of certificates is the first assignment of elected political office holders after the election, and it signals readiness to carry on with the mandate of the electorates. Over and beyond that, individual members who are interested in leading the 10th Assembly either as president of the Senate or speaker of the House explored the opportunity to get into the heart of first-term lawmakers to curry their support for their ambition.
From the activities of last Wednesday when the certificates were presented, one could deduce that influential lawmaker from Borno State, Hon Muktar Betara Aliyu has made up his mind on the contest. Without prejudice to other ambitious lawmakers, the silent but very powerful lawmaker has hit the ground running and may not bow to any pressure to drop his ambition this time.
Although I am in no position to divulge the strategies already noticed from his camp, his welcome packages to the lawmakers are suggestive enough to conclude that Betara meant business. I have sampled opinions across political party divides and my responses so far indicate that zoning the position out of azz Betara’s North East geopolitical zone may not defeat him in the contest.
This, however, does not suggest that other contestants are weak in strategy, rather, I feel those who have been mobilising support behind the scene for the contest are hanging on for the APC to release its zoning formula for various positions in the 10th Assembly before revealing their cards.
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