Femi Gbajabiamila, the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives, has reacted to reports making the rounds that he has been appointed as the chief of staff (COS) to President Bola Tinubu.
There were reports on Thursday that Gbajabiamila had been named as the COS of the newly inaugurated president.
The reports claimed that the speaker was introduced as the COS at a meeting between Tinubu and security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Gbajabiamila declined to confirm the claims and called for patience.
He, however, implored purveyors and peddlers of such claims and reports to “allow the system to work”.
“Be patient, be patient. The system works in its own way. Let’s allow the system to work,” the lawmaker added.
“We’ll see, we’ll see, we’ll see. Thank you very much.”
On his part, Senate President Ahmed Lawan described the report as “speculations”, but noted that the speaker has all it takes to occupy the position.
In March, Gbajabiamila had denied speculation that he was lobbying for the position after he won his re-election to the national assembly.
“I don’t know anything about that chief of staff thing,” Gbajabiamila had 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 I must be in line for the office because I didn’t care about my mandate.
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