Femi Gbajabimila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has refuted claims that he intends to abandon his legislative duties to seek the position of Chief of Staff to President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.
Gbajabiamila was not present at the ceremony where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented certificates of return to the newly elected members of the House of Representatives, which led to rumors that he was absent because he was lobbying for the chief of staff position. However, Gbajabiamila denied these claims, stating that he has no knowledge of such lobbying efforts when speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
Gbajabiamila said, “I don’t know anything about that chief of staff thing,”.
“All I heard was that I didn’t come here last week to pick up my certificate and for that reason, somebody conjectured that I must be in line for the office because I didn’t care about my mandate.
“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.”
