Nigeria, March 4 -- "Have you been following the developments at the Lagos State House of Assembly?"

"High wire politics. Power Game. Man pass man. Man pass woman. Two Speakers in 50 days. Perfect material for a Nollywood film."

"Omo. as in .!"

"But I think the state lost the opportunity of having a female Speaker of the House for the first time in history."

"That has already been established. History has been mad., It is now on record that Mrs Mojisola Meranda once served, no matter how briefly, as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. She has broken the jinx. But the whole drama is not about gender balancing, or gender equity, it is about following due process and respecting the power calculus in the state."

"The Constituti...