Former Rivers Governor Wike has kept the 11 PDP members-elect from Rivers out of the Greater Majority group of the minority parties in the...
Mr Wike’s message was clear: the relationship between him and President Bola Tinubu will continue beyond the presidential election to the race for the leadership of the National Assembly. Hence, Mr Wase could only get his support after first getting the approval of his party.
The minority parties have more seats in the incoming House. They have a combined total of 181 seats while the ruling party has 177 seats. The breakdown is as follows: APC 177, PDP 116, LP 36, NNPP 19, APGA five, ADCWith several APC members in the race, the party’s members in the House are divided. Therefore, the opposition lawmakers are in a strategic position to decide who becomes the next speaker or even cause an upset by producing one from among their ranks.
To start with, the alliance between Messrs Wike and Tinubu has taken the 11 members-elect from Rivers out of the Greater Majority group. Hence, the maximum number of lawmakers in the Greater Majority group is 170.Division of the PDP The Igariwe-led faction includes some influential members of the NNPP, including Alhassan Rurun. Earlier, Abdulmummin Jibrin, a member of the NNPP and a veteran of leadership battles in the House, gave the impression that the NNPP was with the Greater Majority. However, different NNPP lawmakers are supporting either of the two pro-APC establishment groups.NNPP’s Aliyu Madaki serves as the secretary of the Joint Task while Alhassan Rurun serves as secretary of the Greater Majority faction.
Equally, there has been a lack of direction from the minority parties on what their lawmakers should do in terms of leadership of the 10th House. There are speculations that Mr Wike and his loyalists may join the ruling party. In the meantime, Mr Chinda has his eyes set on the minority leadership position that he missed in the outgoing assembly due to Mr Gbajabiamila’s technicality.
Within the group, some are pushing for a North-west candidate in order to maintain the zoning arrangement of the party. Some of the strongest anti-Abbas members are from the North-west. However, it appears the problem is not Mr Abbas but Mr Gbajabimaila, whom several aspirants accused of betraying their support for him in 2019.
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