APC adopts Gbajabiamila for Speaker, as North-Central gets Deputy Speaker

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as its candidate for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly.

APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a terse message posted on the party’s WhatsApp platform on Tuesday night said the 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.

Issa-Onilu said the Deputy Speaker position had been zoned to the North Central.