Jigawa Rep joins race for House Speaker

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Another member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Yalleman, has joined the race for the Office of the Speaker in the 10th National Assembly.

Yalleman is representing Mallammadori/Kaugama Federal Constituency in Jigawa State and he is the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Defence.

The lawmaker noted that the National Assembly leadership zoning formula of the ruling All Progressives Congress, which has maintained its majority status in the Senate and the House, will determine which positions the lawmakers would contest for. He, however, urged the APC to zone the position of Speaker to the North, saying it will further enhance fairness and balance of political offices in the country.

Yalleman noted that though zoning of political offices was not clearly stated in the 1999 Constitution, it is in line with the principle of federal character. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the lawmaker partly said, “I want to tell you that I will contest for the position of the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly, if the leadership of our party, the All Progressives Congress, zones it to the North-West geopolitical zone where I hail from.”

 

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