Opposition Parties are the greater majority in the house of representatives and are united to elect 10th speaker

Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Minority Caucus in the 10th House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has hinted that opposition parties are united in electing a speaker as they are the majority in lower chamber of the national assembly.

Discussing the nomination of candidates for Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives candidates by the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday, May 9, Bagos described the National Assembly as a “very sacred house”.

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Bagos also said that the sacredness of the Green Chamber ensured only its 360 members could decide who would become its speaker and deputy speaker.

He said;

“I’m from the opposition, which is the greater majority. I usually don’t understand how some people do their political calculations. When you have a House where the minority parties are 183 against your own party which is 177, you sit down in a room, take tea and just allocate positions.

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“We have the majority; they don’t have the majority. They have the majority as an individual party but we have the majority as minority parties. That’s why we call ourselves the greater majority.”