 The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Al-Hassan Dogor, has declared his intention to contest for the speakership of the 10th National Assembly. Dogor declared his ambition at the press conference in Abuja, pledging to ensure cohesion and harmonious relationship with the order arms of government-elected speaker by his colleagues. He appealed to the national leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to zone the position of the speaker to the North-West, particularly to Karnus State, for the loyalty and electoral contribution of the state to the victory of his party and the party since 2015 when the party took over power from the PDP. Other lawmakers also enjoined him in his solidarity. My dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, fellow Nigerians, it is therefore no greater, I have no greater official honour for me than to stand today here before you, ladies and gentlemen, Nigerians, and declare my intention to serve as next speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. And I so declare. We have gone beyond religious or tribal sentiment. The task ahead of us now is that of nation building. And that's why we are all there. And we've gone beyond tribal sentiment to state that when the party takes institution and takes special positions to the North and to the South East, whatever comes my zone, because I'm in the league of contestant for speaker, I will be given the right of first refusal by all the contestants, irrespective of my gender, because the votes will not only come from myself, eastern or southern members, it will come from the North. And politics is about lobbying. This is how to show that I will work with all genders in the House. I will respect my leaders who are from the North, respect my leaders from the South, and respect the men just like our culture demands. And like a princess who is groomed at the palace, I would know that I'm not in the competition with the men. I'm only here to compliment the strength of the men.