Reps Speakership: Aliyu Betara, Yusuf Gagdi step down for Tajudeen Abbas

Two major aspirants for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi, have withdrawn from the race.

Their withdrawal was announced by Vice President Kashim Shettima Sunday evening at the State House in Abuja after a meeting the aspirants and Mr Shettima had with President Bola Tinubu.

Mr Shettima also said Messrs Betara and Gagdi have endorsed the candidature of Tajudeen Abbas, a lawmaker from Kaduna State, for the position of speaker.

The meeting was attended by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the governor of Niger State, Mohammed Bago, who is a former member of the House, and the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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“Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi have accepted to step down and endorsed the candidature of Hon Tajudeen Abbas for the Speakership of the Federal House of Representatives.