The meeting is to hold in Abuja at 7pm, while the 10th Assembly is billed for inauguration on Tuesday. It is expected that a candidate for the speakership will be adopted at the meeting.
Strong indications emerged on Friday that at least a member of the G-7 would contest against the choice candidate of the APC for Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.
According to sources in the G-7, Tinubu only asked members-elect to work with the zoning plan of the APC, clearing the way for aspirants for a position allocated to a particular zone to contest against themselves. Otti, in his brief comment at the meeting, said he chose to meet with the lawmakers-elect after meeting with the President.
The NWC of the APC had on May 8, 2023, released the zoning formula for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, picking Godswill Akpabio as President of the Senate; Jibrin Barau , Deputy President of the Senate; Tajudeen Abbas , Speaker; and Benjamin Kalu , Deputy Speaker. After a meeting in Abuja on Friday, the South-West PDP caucus resolved to seek the intervention of the national leadership of the opposition party in the sharing of leadership seats in the minority caucus.
The members-elect wrote, “We, the undersigned, being elected members of the House of Representatives from the South-West zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wish to respectfully invite Your Excellency to intervene in the issue of the zoning of the Minority Leader in the 10th Assembly, which is due for inauguration on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
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