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 With just a few days before the Proclamation of a new National Assembly, what should observers of the parliament expect? Check out this week’s edition of ParliamentMeme highlighting ten things to expect at the inauguration of the 10th House of Representatives.     READ ALSO: ROAD TO 10TH NASS: Is Gagdi, dark horse in Speakership race?     FIRST SESSION As Members-Elect assemble at the Chamber for the first meeting of the House, the Clerk...

Fortunate to have survived a tsunami that denied hundreds of incumbent lawmakers a return to the federal parliament, Gagdi is gunning for the Speakership of the Tenth House of Representatives. The youngest of eleven Aspirants, does he possess political dexterity that would see him clinch the seat as a dark horse? We examine the strengths and weaknesses of the Plateau lawmaker ahead of the Election of Presiding Officers of the National Assembly come June.  ...

Thirty-five-member Labour Party Caucus in the incoming Tenth House of Representatives elects Anambra lawmaker, Afam Victor Ogene as Leader, opposition party says it has not endorsed any Speakership aspirant ahead of the Presiding Officers’ election   READ ALSO: ROAD TO 10TH NASS: Can Wase make the Speakership chase?       Ahead of the inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly in June, the Caucus of the Labour Party in the incoming House of Representatives has elected...

Ahead of the Speakership election in the Tenth National Assembly, lawmakers under the aegis of multi-platform initiative, ‘Joint Task Forum’ hold inaugural ceremony, debunks insinuation about the group being backed by incumbent Speaker, Gbajabiamila   READ ALSO: ROAD TO 10TH NASS: Can Wase make the Speakership chase?     The Joint Task -Tenth National Assembly Forum has pledged to abide by the zoning arrangement of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) despite being a multi-partisan...

Fifth-term lawmaker-elect Ahmed Idris Wase is not just ‘one of’ the eleven candidates eyeing the seat of Speaker in the Tenth House of Representatives. He is the incumbent Deputy Speaker and, thus, a high-heeled political persona in the country. But will his ranking status and influence within the APC trump his controversial tenure as Deputy Speaker to become the number one legislator of the 10th House in June?     READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: What...