The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, was conspicuously absent from the presentation of Certificates of Return to Members-elect of the House of Representatives by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja.
Gbajabiamila was re-elected to represent his Surulere 1 federal constituency in Lagos State for the sixth time in a row during the recently concluded presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.
According to Leadership, Truth Live News learnt that the Speaker may be considered for the position of Chief of Staff (CoS) to President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the incoming new government.
A source close to Gbajabiamila said that the Speaker, being one of Tinubu’s core loyalists and proteges and having worked with politicians from every federal constituency in Nigeria in the last 20 years, is more likely to be considered for the plum job.
When asked if Gbajabiamila will abandon his fresh mandate for the Chief of Staff appointment in Tinubu government, the source said, “That is what we are hearing. If you notice, he didn’t come for his certificate of return on Wednesday. The truth is that he doesn’t need that certificate, he has everything to function optimally as Chief of Staff to the President in the new government. He has worked with politicians in every federal constituency and across political divides in the last 20 years.”