Gbajabiamila Reacts to Chief of Staff Allegations

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has reacted to previous reports of him lobbying for a Chief of Staff position in the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.

The elected members of the 10th House of Representatives were at the International Conference Centre (ICC) some days ago to collect their certificates of return, however, Speaker was noticeably absent last week.

Due to his absence, reports had insisted that Gbajabiamila was lobbying to be appointed as chief of staff to Tinubu.

This conclusion was because Gbajabiamila, who has been representing the Surulere I Federal Constituency of Lagos since 2003, was a key loyalist of Tinubu.

However, speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, Gbajabiamila said he “knows nothing” about lobbying for the job.

The Speaker said:
“I don’t know anything about that chief of staff thing,” Gbajabiamila said.

“All I heard was that I didn’t come here last week to pick up my certificate and for that reason, somebody conjectured that must be about something about Chief of Staff.

“I was in Lagos and I could not leave Lagos because I was campaigning for my party. That’s number one.

“Again, it’ll interest you to know that I was not here four years ago to pick up my certificate because I couldn’t make it. I don’t think it is anything significant. I’ll pick up my certificate today or tomorrow.”