New beginning that is different from the immediate past - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulate the newly elected leaders of the 9th National Assembly.

The president describe the election by lawmakers as "new beginning that is different from the immediate past." He also encouraged people that lose the election to join hands with the winners and not to be attacking themselves.

 

Who is Femi Gbajabiamila?

On Tuesday, lawmakers for Nigeria House of Representatives elect Femi Gbajabiamila as their speaker from 2019 to 2023.

Abdulmumin Jibrin, nominated the former Majority Leader of the eight House of Representatives that represents Surulere constituency and go up against Umar Bago who also is in APC.

The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) get 281 votes to defeat Umaru Bago who contested against him.  Bago get 76 votes.

Gbajabiamila declared his intention to be speaker in March with the support of his party.

Profile of Femi Gbajabiamila?

He was born on 25 June 1962 and a lawyer from Lagos State.

He was called to Nigerian bar in 1984, after he graduated from University of Lagos in 1983 with law degree.

He worked for Bentley Edu & Co, which is the first law firm in Nigeria before he open his own;  Femi Gbaja and Co. He attended John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia in America, and he got degree to practice law.

Political Career

Femi Gbajabiamila enter politics under the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD).

He has been in the House of Representatives since 2003 representing Surulere Federal Constituency of Lagos State.

He was nominated for National Honour in 2011 but turned the nomination down.  He has pushed major bills for the house like the Employee Rights Bill, Central Bank of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill and the Bill for Electric Power Reform Act which will stop and criminalise estimated billing by Electricity Distribution Companies. He has also head the House of Representatives Committee on Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited.

Congratulations to him.