10th NASS: APC Governors Accuse 2 Candidates of Offering $1 Million for Speaker, Senate President Positions
- Governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress have accused two lawmakers elected into the 10th National Assembly of bribery
- The governors said that the lawmakers are offering their colleagues $1 million per vote to elect them as speaker and senate president
- According to the governors, the actions of the lawmakers-elect may make zoning impossible if action is not taken quickly
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Candidates contesting for speaker and senate president positions for the 10th National Assembly have been accused of offering $1 million per vote to lawmakers.
Premium Times reports that two candidates vying for both offices in the National Assembly are rumoured to be planning to bribe their colleagues with $1 million per vote to get elected.
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This was contained in a memo sent to the president-elect Bola Tinubu by governors elected on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) platform.
The governors under the umbrella of the Progressives Governors' Forum claimed to have exposed the willingness of the lawmakers-elect to offer as high and between $500,000 and $1 million per vote to their colleagues as a bribe.
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Although the governors mentioned no names, they suggested that the lawmakers involved in the alleged bribery scheme are members of the ruling APC.
The memo said:
“Indeed, it is being rumoured that one aspirant for the Senate Presidency and another for Speakership are willing to offer as much as $500,000 to $1 million per vote.
"Opposition party members of the National Assembly are being courted with the likelihood of the 2015 situation presenting itself if care is not taken."
While making their recommendation for zoning, the governors said that the “over-investment” by the aspirants for the 10th National positions might make zoning impossible if action was not taken quickly.
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Some newly elected members of the House of Representatives have thrown their weight behind the House committee chairman on appropriation.
The members-elect said that Aliyu Betara is the most transparent, vast, and suitable for the job.
Some sources within the parliament also said they have it on good authority that Betara will emerge as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Senate Presidency: Long-serving senator declares ambition
Meanwhile, the race for the Senate presidential seat has reached a fever pitch ahead of the May 29 transition of the 10th national assembly.
Senator Ali Ndume of Borno State officially joined the race making him one of the big names vying for the coveted position.
His recent declaration would make it the second time he has declared interest in the number one seat at the red chambers.
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