10th NASS: Betara, Wase, Jaji in three-horse race for Speaker

10th NASS: Betara, Wase, Jaji in three-horse race for Speaker

Indications emerged weekend that the race for the speakership of the 10th House of Representatives is now a three-horse race, with lawmakers-elect queuing behind the trio of the incumbent chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Aliyu Betara; incumbent deputy speaker, Ahmed Wase, and former chairman, House Committee on Intelligence, Aminu Sani Jaji, who made a return to the House after a hiatus.

Also in the race are Abdulraheem Olawuyi, who represents Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency in Kwara State; lawmaker representing Mallammadori/Kaugama Federal Constituency in Jigawa State and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Abubakar Yalleman; embattled House Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Chairman, House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi; and, Chairman, House Committee on Science Research Institutes, Olaide Akinremi