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10th NASS Leadership: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Lobby Opposition Lawmakers



With just nine days to the inauguration of the incoming 10th National Assembly, lobbying for the selection process of principal officers have intensified, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi wooing opposition lawmakers in favour of their preferred choices.


In a bid to ensure the preferred candidates of his party scale through as presiding officers of the 10th Assembly, Tinubu has scheduled a crucial meeting with federal lawmakers elected on the platforms of opposition political parties for tomorrow (Monday) at the presidential villa, Abuja.


The circular for the meeting with the president sighted by our correspondent yesterday in Abuja was signed by the permanent secretary, State House, Tijani Umar.


Also, as the intrigues over the leadership of the 10th National Assembly heightens, it was gathered that Tinubu’s parley with the opposition federal lawmakers would take precedence over another meeting scheduled by the LP candidate,  Obi, with the lawmakers elected on the platform of the party tomorrow evening in Abuja.


Obi’s meeting with LP lawmakers is coming on the heels of feelers that the opposition party has adopted one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers, Hon Mukhtar Betara, as its preferred aspirant for the Speakership of the House of Representatives in a bid to displace the APC anointed candidate, Tajudeen Abbas.

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