The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, unlike the outgoing president, is a real politician and strategist, as such he knows the importance of a loyal house both in running his government smoothly and in terms of executing developmental projects for the citizens. But his silence regarding the leadership of the house is sending a negative message to well-meaning Nigerians who have been expecting him and the chairman of the party to call an urgent meeting to address the issue before it plunges the party into an avoidable crisis.
Recently, we have seen how heavyweight members of the All Progressives Congress are announcing their interest to lead the 10th National Assembly, especially the red chamber. Among the heavyweight senators-elect who already declared their interest publicly are the senator representing Abia North, Senator Uzor Oji Kalu, who was a former governor of Abia State and one term senator going for his second term, senator Barau I. Jibrin, representing Kano North. Barau was a former member of the House of Representatives, a two-term senator, and going for his third term. Another contender for the seat is the former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, who was a former member of the House of Representatives. Although the other two senators have more legislative experience than Yari, and experience being part of the precondition of becoming either senate president or speaker of the House of Representatives, in Nigerian politics, anything is possible.
