Abass Tajudeen (APC-Kaduna), the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 10th House of Representatives speakership, says he will placate other aspirants.

Mr Abbas said this while speaking to reporters at the end of the meeting of the Joint Task, a group of lawmakers pushing for his emergence on Tuesday in Abuja.

“I feel elated my party considered me for the job,” Mr Abbas told journalists. “I feel inspired because I believe that if the party is going to use competence as a yardstick, I’m the right person to be picked.”

He said the party had begun reaching out to some aggrieved aspirants unhappy with his choice as a consensus candidate.

Mr Tajudeen added, “We are in the process, we have reached out to so many, and we will continue reaching out to all of them, and before the end of next week, I assure you we will reach out to all aspirants.”

The legislator explained that he would implore them and ask them to come on board so they could work together for the good of Nigeria.

The anointed speakership candidate said he would officially declare his intention next week in a 16-point agenda.

“In that agenda, you will see all the areas we are going to work on in the 10th Assembly, then you will know what we have for members and this country,” added Mr Tajudeen.

Similarly, Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), the APC consensus for the deputy speakership, said with his choice from South-East, the APC had commenced strategy for the 2027 elections by ensuring they have a foot in the region.

(NAN)