The All Progressives Congress (APC ) has endorsed the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as its candidate for the Office of the Speaker in the 9th National Assembly.
The party has also zoned the slot for Deputy Speaker to North-Central.
According to a terse statement by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the adoption of Gbajabiamila was arrived at during a dinner between President Muhammadu Buhari and House members-elect at the Presidential Villa.
The statement said: ” The APC has adopted Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as its candidate for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th Assembly.
“This position was reached after an intensive deliberation with the APC’s House of Representatives members-elect at a dinner with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Banquet Hall of Aso Villa.
“The Deputy Speaker position has been zoned to the North Central.”
