Female Representatives join speakership race, asks male candidates to step down

A member of the House of Representatives from Okigwe North Federal Constituency Imo State, Hon Miriam Onuoha has officially declared interest in contesting the speakership election, with a call on his male counterparts to step down for her.

Penpushing reports  that Onuoha, who was first elected into the House in 2015 under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and  returned to the House in 2020 after the court sacked Obinna Onwubuariri said if elected as Speaker, promised to work with the executive arm and the president-elect, Bola Tinubu

The female politician who spoke on Wednesday said stepping down for her is in the interest of the inclusion of women, youth and the South-east geopolitical zone, noting that almost 90 positions in the country are dominated by men

“In almost about 90 positions of this country, the men have dominated it. Ceding this one position to me will be a way of proving that we are running an inclusive government. I use this opportunity to call on my co-contestants — my male contestants to consider the love and the care Nigerian voters have shown to them, and as a matter of honour, step down to support this woman. I call on the male contestants to step down in the interest of peace and understanding if Nigeria and our democracy must advance, my candidature has to be pushed,” she said.

Penpushing further reports that some of the lawmakers in the speakership race include Deputy Speaker Idris Wase (APC, Plateau), Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau), Muktar Betara (APC, Borno), Ben Kalu (APC, Abia), Sada Soli (APC, Katsina), Tunji Olawuyi (APC, Kwara) and Abubakar Makki (APC, Jigawa), Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna) and Aminu Jaji (APC, Zamfara).

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