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After Many Years at the National Assembly, Ekweremadu, Dogara, others May not Return to Either Red or Green Chamber

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google.com, pub-9820276073479546, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9820276073479546"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Many ranking lawmakers who have spent over a decade each in the National Assembly will not be returning in 2023 when the 10th Assembly will be constituted, Daily Trust reports. While some of them, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, are aspiring for other elective positions, some failed to secure the tickets of their parties to re-contest parliamentary elections, while others chose not to seek re-election based on the political exigencies they found themselves in. Prominent among such lawmakers in the senate are James Manager, Ike Ekweremadu, Eyinanya Abaribe, Ahmad Lawan and Oluremi Tinubu. In the House of Representatives, there are a former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu; Ossai Nicholas O...