Barring unforeseen circumstances, the All Progressives Congress (APC) preferred candidate, Dr Tajudeen Abass would coast home to victory with no fewer than 290 votes of members of the House of Representatives.

Scheming for speakership seat, yesterday, forced postponement of inauguration of the Seventh Nasarawa State House of Assembly.

Controversy over who presides at the 10th House of Representatives appeared to have caused a crisis between the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and his Deputy, Ahmed Wase.

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has withdrawn from the speakership race.

House of Representatives, yesterday, adjourned plenary to Tuesday, next week, amid allegation that Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila forged the standing rule to ensure Tajudeen Abass emerges as his successor.

Mr. Muktar Betara’s bid to emerge Speaker of the House of Representatives has received a major boost, following the resolve of newly elected members of the House in the six geopolitical zones of the country to rally support for him.

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSO), has called on the ruling all Progressives Congress (APC) to consider ceding speakership of the 10th House of Representatives to the South East Geopolitical Zone of the country for fairness and equity.

James Madison, America’s fourth president (1809–1817), who made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, once said, and I quote, “No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment a certain degree of knowledge of the subject on which he is to legislate. Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms, cities, or economic interests.”