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Some newly elected House of Reps members from the opposition parties have distanced themselves from the purported zoning arrangement of the All Progressives Congress for the position of Speaker.   The lawmakers-elect, under the aegis of The Patriotic Forum, also denied meeting to endorse any aspirant, adding that any attempt to induce, intimidate or coerce them will fail.  The group made this known in a communique issued on Monday.  Read the communique below: SUBJECT: SPEAKERSHIP OF 10TH ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMUNIQUE BY COALITION OF NEWLY-ELECTED MEMBERS IN OPPOSITION PARTIES THE ATTEMPT TO INDUCE, INTIMIDATE OR COERCE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS FROM THE OPPOSITION PARTIES WILL FAIL – NO 283 MEMBERS SUPPORTING ANYONE YET! On behalf of the newly elected members of the opposition parties that are represented in our platform named THE PATRIOTS FORUM, arising from our meeting on Sunday April 15, 2023 we hereby share the resolutions from our last meeting in this...

Coalition of Tinubu Support Groups and the South West Good Governance Agenda have  endorsed Hon. Ahmed Muktar Betera as speaker of the Federal House of Representatives.  The Groups  asserted that the task ahead of the President-Elect is daunting, requiring all hands to be on deck towards delivering the mandate of a better Nigeria for all. As such, it is important to state that all arms of government have to be on the same page.  Mrs Oshunkeye Adenike Executive secretary of the group made this known while speaking at a rally held in Lagos to endorse Hon. Ahmed Muktar Betara for the Speakership of the 10th Assembly on Monday. She said; "We bring warm greetings from the leadership of the Coalition of Tinubu Support Groups and the South West Good Governance Agenda to the wonderful people of the South West. It is a joyous day for us to be in your presence again after the highly electrifying presidential elections that produced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner....

Coalition of Tinubu Support Groups and the South West Good Governance Agenda have endorsed Hon. Ahmed Muktar Betera as speaker of the Federal House of Representatives. The Groups asserted that the task ahead of the President-Elect is daunting, requiring all hands to be on deck towards delivering the mandate of a better Nigeria for all. As such, it is important to state that all arms of government have to be on the same page. Mrs Oshunkeye Adenike Executive secretary of the group made this known while speaking at a rally held in Lagos to endorse Hon. Ahmed Muktar Betara for the Speakership of the 10th Assembly on Monday. She said; "We bring warm greetings from the leadership of the Coalition of Tinubu Support Groups and the South West Good Governance Agenda to the wonderful people of the South West. It is a joyous day for us to be in your presence again after the highly electrifying presidential elections that produced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner. "Our gratitude is...

   Every four years present Nigerians with the opportunity to elect new leaders to pilot the country's affairs. However, citizens' rights are finite. They are not involved in the choice of legislative heads. This is the exclusive right of their representatives.  As the 9th National Assembly winds down, a fresh set of leaders will soon emerge. Expectations are high. Unlike recent history, the emphasis is on competence and not zoning, experience not aura, capacity and integrity, not ethnicity or religion. Hon Muktar Aliyu Betara embodies these and more.  A section of Nigerian society believes that the existing legislative circle did not do much to guarantee the sanctity of Nigeria's electoral value. According to these critical views, most of the laws passed by the 9th National Assembly were either self-serving or skewed to favour selected institutions at the expense of the electorates. The failings of this assembly were reasons adduced to the prolonged economic woes of...

The entrance of Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi into politics may have been providential. For those who know, it was the progressive mentorship he received from Rt Hon Usman Zumunta Musa, (one time Deputy Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, now late) in the early years of his sojourn that unlocked his potentials for meaningful contributions to his people, state and indeed nation. The manner, with which he took his fate headlong, changed the course for the better for the people; who deserve his intervention in various ways over the years. Even if some people did not give him the chance to be impactful on the political turf; it was because some had thought he was young with youthful exuberance. But those who thought in that direction have since been proven wrong. Having learnt the ropes, he set out to put into practice the art in the general elections of 2011. He lost narrowly to Hon Sadat Garga, the incumbent of the Labour Party (today he is in the same camp with Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi...