BREAKING: Gbajabiamila Reacts to Tinubu's Chief of Staff Appointment, Reveals When To Resume

• Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has reacted to his appointment as the chief of staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
• President Tinubu announced Gbajabiamila as his chief of staff during a meeting with Progressives Governors at the presidential villa on Friday
• The Speaker then thanks the president for the new position and promised to work with him from June 14 as stated in the letter sent to him

FCT, Abuja - Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of the House of Representatives has reacted to his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Tinubu at a meeting with the members of the Progressives Governors' Forum at the presidential villa in Abuja announced the appointment of the speaker.

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Reacting to the appointment on Friday, Gbajabiamila took to his Twitter page to appreciate the president for the appointment.

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The speaker recalled that he has served Nigeria for the past 20 years in the Green Chamber and that he had won his 6th re-election into the house.

However, the speaker disclosed that he would not be resuming the national assembly but will resume duty on June 14 to support the president for the task ahead of him.

Gbajabiamila tweet reads:

Thank you Mr. President @officialABAT for finding me worthy of being your Chief of Staff.

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Having spent the last 20 years in the Nigerian Parliament, and after winning my 6th term election into the National Assembly, I shall work with Mr President in discharging the enormous task ahead of him for the peace and progress of the federal republic of Nigeria.

I shall give my best when I take office on June 14 2023 as reflected in Mr. President's official letter.

See the tweet here:

Tinubu Officially declares Gbajabiamila as chief of staff

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has appointed the speaker of the House of Representatives as his chief of staff.

The president made the appointment official at a meeting with members of the Progressives Governors' Forum of the APC at the state house in Abuja on Friday.

Gbajabiamila, who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003, will be moving from the Green Chamber to the Presidential Villa as Chief of Staff to the president.

Source: Legit.ng