Tinubu to fulfill lawmakers from PDP, LP, different opposition events

President Bola Tinubu will, on Monday, meet with senators-elect and members-elect of the Home of Representatives from opposition events, the Nation newspaper has reported.

The assembly is scheduled to carry between 3 p,m. and 5 p.m. on the State Home, Abuja.

The invitation to the assembly was signed by the Everlasting Secretary of the State Home, Tijanni Umar, on behalf of the Chief of Workers to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Mr Gbajabiamila can also be the outgoing Speaker of the Home of Representatives.

The present ninth session of the Nationwide Meeting will finish on 11 June whereas the tenth session might be inaugurated on 13 June.

It’s due to this fact not clear if the outgoing senators and members of the Home will take part within the assembly because the invitation doesn’t point out such.

Equally, the agenda of the parley isn’t indicated within the invitation.

Nonetheless, it’s speculated that it is among the methods the president is utilizing to influence the opposition lawmakers to help his nominees for the management of the 2 chambers.

Mr Tinubu is reportedly backing former Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, and the present senator for Kano North, Barau Jibrin, for the positions of senate president and deputy senate president.

He has additionally endorsed Tajudeen Abbas from Kaduna and Ben Kalu from Abia State for speaker and deputy speaker of the Home.

The president’s occasion, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has since endorsed the aspirants.

Nonetheless, the endorsement of the quartet has been criticised by some rating APC lawmakers who vowed to stay within the race for the management positions.

Lots of them have continued to marketing campaign in objection to the place of the president and the occasion whereas others have since dropped their ambition.

As an illustration, whereas David Umahi and Ali Ndume have exited the race for the senate presidency, Osita Izunaso, Orji Kalu and Abdulaziz Yari are nonetheless campaigning for the place.

Within the decrease chamber, whereas Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, Muktar Betara, Yusuf Gagdi, Sada Soli and others are going forward to marketing campaign to be the speaker, Ado Doguwa has stop the race.

Mr Tinubu’s need to fulfill the opposition lawmakers-elect forward of the 13 June inauguration of each chambers will not be unconnected along with his need to make sure the victory of Messrs Akpabio, Jibrin, Abbas and Kalu, particularly as a result of the APC doesn’t have a snug majority in each chambers.

Within the 109-member Senate, aside from the APC with 59 seats, there are six different opposition events represented. They’re PDP 36, LP 8, SDP 2, NNPP 2, YPP 1 and APGA 1 bringing the full to 50.

Seven events have members within the 360-member decrease chamber. They’re PDP 114 seats, LP 35, NNPP 19, APGA 5, ADC 2, SDP 2 and YPP 1 totalling 182. The ruling APC has 178 seats thus not having a easy majority wanted to elect its member as speaker if all opposition lawmakers vote in opposition to its candidate. Nonetheless, these difficult the APC-endorsed candidates are additionally members of the occasion, indicating that the votes of the APC lawmakers might be break up if an election was held immediately.

Consistent with the custom of the Nationwide Meeting, the occasion with the bulk seats produces the speaker, deputy speaker, chief and chief whip.

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Strategically, Mr Tinubu could have additionally convened the assembly as a result of APC is split following the insistence of among the aspirants to run for management positions.

This can be a transfer to keep away from a repeat of what occurred in 2015 within the senate when Bukola Saraki emerged as senate president in opposition to the want of the APC and in 2011 when Aminu Tambuwal was elected speaker in opposition to the selection of the then-ruling PDP.