One of the candidates favoured by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of the Speaker 10th Assembly, Tajudeen Abbas, inched closer to the plum job on Monday sequel to the decision of a major Aspirant, Makki Abubakar Yalleman, to drop out of the race
Abubakar Yalleman’s sacrifice signalled the close of ranks by the time North West caucuses to clinch the Speakership already allotted to the zone by the leadership of the ruling party.
North West geopolitical region had in the last 23 years of participatory democracy in Nigeria produced the likes of Salisu Buhari, Ghali Umar Na’aba, Aminu Bello Masari, and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Speakers of the 360-man House of Representatives
Yalleman who spoke with newsmen in Kano on Monday said that he was “very comfortable with the decision of the All Progressive Congress that finally zoned Speakership to NW with Abbas in mind”
The top contender to the throne had stated that ”considering the role Jigawa state played to bring about the continuity of APC government, you will not but agree with me that this time around, Jigawa deserves to produce the next Speaker.