National Assembly of Nigeria

But having that thought that men are the ones that are supposed to lead, that is the reason women do not support women.

Because they feel, "Eh, what will she do? Eh, if she reach National Assembly, can she talk?" Talk like me.

I'm trying to look at her as we move a bit.

[laughs]

Mm

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Nigeria Parliament, that's the National Assembly, they have over, over 390 members.

Mm.

The race for the 2027 general elections is already reshaping Nigeria's National Assembly, with dozens of serving lawmakers set to leave their House of Representatives even before Nigerians cast their votes.

Among those who will not return are some senior members of the House, including their House Leader, Julius Ngubere, Minority Leader, Fred Agbedi, and other principal officers.

But today on Nigerian Daily, we'll look at why 98 serving members of the House of Representatives are not returning in 2027, what happened during the ticket selection process, and what this could mean for the next National Assembly.

Recent reports indicate that 98 serving members of the House of Representatives are set to leave the Green Chamber after the 2027 elections.

About 226 serving members have secured tickets to contest again, either under their current parties or after moving to another political platform.

To understand what happened inside the National Assembly and during the party nomination process, I spoke with Itodo Daniel Sule, the elite trust correspondent covering the House of Representatives.

This is not the first time we've had what we call a high turnover, which has to do with lawmakers at the end of every term.

We see a number of them not getting the ticket to come back to the National Assembly for the reason that they lost out during the primaries.