The meeting is scheduled to hold between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the State House, Abuja.
will, on Monday, meet with senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives from opposition parties, the Nation newspaper has reported.The invitation to the meeting was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijanni Umar, on behalf of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.The current ninth session of the National Assembly will end on 11 June while the 10th session will be inaugurated on 13 June.
He has also endorsed Tajudeen Abbas from Kaduna and Ben Kalu from Abia State for speaker and deputy speaker of the House.However, the endorsement of the quartet has been criticised by some ranking APC lawmakers who vowed to remain in the race for the leadership positions. In the lower chamber, while Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, Muktar Betara, Yusuf Gagdi, Sada Soli and others are going ahead to campaign to be the speaker, Ado Doguwa has quit the race.
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