The outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pledged to facilitate a cordial relationship between President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly.

Gbajabiamila, who has been appointed as President’s Chief of Staff, made the pledge on Wednesday in his opening address that lasted 23 minutes at the opening of the 9th House’s valedictory session in Abuja.

While thanking his colleague lawmakers for their support, the Speaker described his new appointment as humbling.

He assured the lawmakers that in his new role, he would work to ensure “a cordial and productive relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government whilst respecting the independence and prerogatives of the legislature.”

Gbajabiamila added, “As I transition into my new role, a role unlike the one I have had for these many years, I ask for your support and best wishes as we continue to work together to advance the cause and fulfil the promise of Nigeria.  I will miss all of you, and I will miss this House.  I want you to rest assured that wherever the road takes me, I will carry you all in my heart fondly because you have enriched my life in ways words alone cannot fully express.”

In his speech, the Speaker expressed concerns about the exodus of Nigerians over sociopolitical and economic challenges, warning of the dire consequences for the country in the future

The PUNCH reports that Nigeria has been witnessing a migration wave popularly referred to as Japa, losing its citizens to mostly Western countries through education and job opportunities.

Gbajabiamila said, “Despite the considerable investments we have made to improve our public infrastructure and the numerous reforms we have enacted to change how we administer the government, our country faces many significant challenges.

“These challenges have caused many of our fellow citizens to wonder if the promise of democracy will ever become real in their lives.  Too many of our young people have lost faith entirely and are choosing in droves to seek their fortunes and their futures in other lands.  We are losing some of our best and brightest, and if we don’t act now, the consequences of this loss will shortly become painfully evident.”

He asked, “How do we ensure a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides opportunities for all who work hard to succeed through their labour and ingenuity?  How do we protect our people from the marauders and insurgents, the petty criminals and assorted villains who wish to harm them, whether for profit or in service of other agendas?  How do we restore faith in our young people so that so many of them no longer feel like the only way to achieve their best aspirations is to chase their fortunes in faraway, often hostile, lands?

"These are the critical questions all of us in government must answer or risk the unforgiving judgment of history.  With each new day, we have an opportunity to make the hard choices and take the necessary actions to guarantee our nation’s future.  With each new day, we have less time to act and a more outstanding obligation to act quickly.”

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Politics is a game

The very reason he was picked

Gbaja the bridge!

To come and chop and clean mouth

Mahul:
The very reason he was picked

Hmm, na WA oo

Honestly I think government should focus on reducing the age of consent for girls to 12 or 13. There is a reason why nature allowed them to be able to become pregnant at that age and not 18... at 12 or 13 they suppose to have become sexually active and begin to bear children. Animals begin to bear children as soon as they become sexually active and I wonder why we have to wait for our own to get to 18 before we begin to taste their kpekus. Because all these small small13 year old girls I'm seeing here wey dey carry all these kind big big load for front and back dey waka up and down for this Street, hmmmm.

Promises! Promises!! Promises!!!

Y'all should just deliver dividends, massive dividends to the numerous disappointed and dejected citizens!

A Giant of a continent ought to be far ahead of where Nigeria is currently!

Beautiful 😍
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
Loved by sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians,
Hated by Children of hate, frustrations and perdition, AKA, Enemies of the nation.

God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬

Hotwest:
Hope they had sex in aso rock bed?!

Yes different 2023 styles that they will teach you and your ilks.
Styles wey u never see or dream of before with your tiny toothpick 👅 😛 😝 😜

K

IDAN the god of Politics.

Nigger be scheming from 10yrs back.
Picking game changers, best of the best,

From VP
Chief of staff..
Senate President...


Star studded

Which on be smooth t*nubu..what happened to "Executive" or presidency

Is Tinubu supposed to determine who leads National Assembly?

Isn't National Assembly an independent arm of Govt?

Useless Government of Corruption continuation.

Why did he appoint you before? Was it to make it rough or smooth?

Only God can make it work! Oga nor by your power.

Temporary for election rogues..

Rubber stamp way

Even before Asiwaju became the president, we have been seeing his giant strides through speaker Gbajabiamila.
You will remember that when Ghana was showing Nigerians shege in thier country and buhari in his characteristically nonchalant and slow response, it took tinubu through Gbajabiamila to resolve it using the ECOWAS parliament and Nigerians in Ghana (mostly igbo traders) were allowed to continue their businesses.
During the south African xenophobia against Nigeria, Gbajabiamila was key to the amicable resolution.
During the ASUU strike deliberately elongated by Chris Ngige so that it could bring populace anger against the party, it took a direct involvement of Gbajabiamila before the strike was called off. Something that Ngige had termed unresolvable. Even at the Apc primary elections, it took a very vocal Gbajabiamila to withstand all the shenanigans of the cabals headed by Malami, Emefiele, Osinbajo, aregbe rascal lair Muhammad etc.
In all of these, I can see hope indeed renewed, a brighter nation arriving. Tinubus presidency will be the best so far because we will get a lot of things right.
God bless the federal Republic of Nigeria
God bless everyone that loves the prosperity of our country
God punish every hater of Nigeria's progress.

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Beautiful 😍
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
Loved by sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians,
Hated by Children of hate, frustrations and perdition, AKA, Enemies of the nation.

God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬

May your family be like what Tinubu's APC reduced Nigeria to become - poverty capital and most terrorised entity.

ambu2:

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Or you will be issuing instructions and expect complaints or witch hunt those that dissent your instructions at the request of your principal...

People, make una get ready o. Fireworks is about to start. People don't know what they about to enter! Gbaja na cabal on im own just to give you an headscarf....

If you do anything otherwise, then I trust Tinubu to sack you immediately...
👺

Gbaja go to work and stop ranting...again make sure that you take great care of your family members before thinking of Nigerians...I know one of your brother at Ikotun smoking SK every morning at Pako bridge...I also do give him money, rest na story.

If the National Assembly like make dem dey do anyhow, dem go know say BAT no be PMB when hand touch dem.

Shebi you see say NLC, IPMAN, JOHESU etc... Don cooperate ASAP, even G5 self Don dey connect because dem sabi say Reggae don change.

Ihateheadslamer:
To come and chop and clean mouth

Which come and chop you dey talk bro, Gbaja is already wealthy, infact he is one of Tinubu's moneybags custodians. The surprise that awaits many people ehn, e go choke.

Bat still dey form famzy to give everybody chance to fall in, game go soon change....