Gbajabiamila Set To Declare His Bid For House Speakership On Sunday, March 31, 2019.

The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila is officially going to declare his intention to contest for the speakership of the 9th assembly on Sunday, March 31, 2019.

According to the Lawmaker’s office, the event will take place at the Lagos/Osun hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, and it’ll start by 2 pm.

This is the fifth time Gbajabiamila, who represents Surulere II federal constituency will be returning to the house.

The lawmaker’s office has also announced Abdulmumin Jibrin, a Kano lawmaker, as the director general of the campaign.

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. (Thenation) Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. (Thenation)

You’ll recall that Jibrin was the former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations before he fell out with the house leadership in 2016.

However, the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership is expected to announce the zoning for the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Recall that the party leadership declared its support for Ahmed Lawan to emerge as the next Senate President.

In 2015, the ruling party favoured both Gbajabiamila and Lawan to emerge as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate President respectively, but as it turned out, Yakubu Dogara and Senator Bukola Saraki eventually won the two positions.