₦airaland Forum

Deputy minority leader of the House of
Representatives Hon. Suleiman Kawu has
commended the incoming president, General
Mohammadu Buhari for resolve not to interfere in
the process of electing the leadership of the
incoming 8th National Assembly.

It will be recalled that Buhari on Wednesday
declared that he was not interested in who
emerges as Senate President or the Speaker of
the House of Representatives.

In a statement in Abuja, Kawu who is a three-
term member of the House and a principal officer
for 8 years distinguished Buhari for former
President Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck
Jonathan.

He added that Buhari by his resolve has
demonstrated the that he was a true democrat.

He said: “As a three-term member of the House,
and principal officer for eight years, I know that
history has shown that all attempts by presidency
or the ruling party to impose their stooges as
leaders of the National Assembly have been
unsuccessful.

“By deciding not to impose leadership on the
lawmakers in the 8th Assembly, Buhari has once
again proven to Nigerians that he is an honest,
sincere and patriotic leader who puts the interest
of Nigeria and Nigerians over and above any other
interest.

“It shows that unlike former president Olusegun
Obasanjo and president Goodluck Jonathan,
Buhari is a man of his word, and even democratic
than the others before him.

“He has started demonstrating the change he
promised Nigerians as this will be the first time
that a Nigerian president is given the National
Assembly members free hand to choose their
leaders.

Kawu also called on the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress, APC to respect Buhari’s
declaration, stressing that the first position in
the two chambers were not for the party to
decide.

“I call on the leadership of our party the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to abide by the
decision taken by the president and not to do
anything that will undermine his position as the
leader of the party and father of the nation.

“Both senators and House of Representatives
members should be allowed to elect leaders of
their choice.

“The two presiding officers of senate president
and speaker of the House of Representatives are
not party positions which is why all MPs
participate in their election.

“The APC, can after the emergence of the
presiding officers, zone the principal positions
since that falls exclusively within the power of
the party or that of its caucuses in the National
Assembly”, he said.

Going into memory lane, the deputy minority
leader reminded APC that the imposition of
candidate has always been resisted by the
lawmakers who prefer to elect their own leaders,
warning that the party must avoid the mistakes of
the PDP.

He also urged the contenders of the positions to
note the challenges inherent in the offices.
“We are all witnesses to what happened in 2011
when the House rejected imposition of leadership
by both the presidency and the People`s
Democratic Party (PDP).

“The House project was a bipartisan movement of
members from all political parties which helped
installed the outgoing leadership of the
contributed to the formation of the APC and the
change we now have.

“It is worth mentioning that the major political
problems of the Goodluck Jonathan administration
started with the attempt to impose a leadership
on the House which was resisted. APC as a party
which came to power with the mantra of change
and we should not be quick to forget this.

“In 2007, both the presidency and the PDP
imposed Patricia Etteh on the House but she had
to resign four months after. Not deterred they
unsuccessfully again attempted to impose another
stooge as Speaker but members resisted it and
elected Dimeji Bankole.

“APC should thread the path of caution so as to
avoid being humiliated by members if it tries to
impose leadership on them.

Nigerians embraced the APC because of the
calibre of leaders like Buhari, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, senator Bola Tinubu, Chief John
Oyegun and many others who inspired them to
accepted the party.

“We signed a promissory note of bringing change
to Nigerians which brought us to power , we
should not start failing even before we commence
the journey.

“APC should not repeat the mistakes of the PDP
which ousted it out of power after 16 years as
this will have great consequence on the future
political fortunes of the party.

“Our leader, the president-elect has spoken and
the APC National Working Committee and the
National Executive Committee should not do
anything to undermine his stance.

“I must appreciate zeal, enthusiasm and
determination of the gladiators who are in the
race for the Speakerahip. They are all competent,
capable and possess the requisite knowlege of
leading the house

“However, i urge them to do it with caution as
the challenges before us as a party are enermous.
“I urge all stake holders to put their hands on
deck to deliver on the promisess made to Nigerians
during the campaigns”, Kawu said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/unlike-obasanjo-jonathan-buhari-is-a-man-of-his-word-kawu/

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Sai Baba

BUHARI my HERO!
AMEACHI my ROLE MODEL!!
FASHOLA my GUY!!!

Datz yoruba for u Na only d kind of temitemi1 dat got ibo blood I dhe trip for #nohomo Dem be traitors

Exactly why Nigerians voted him to be Their president!

Cc: lalasticlala

Buhari learnt not to interfere from GEJ.

A real man of his word abi?
He said in 2011 he would never contest again but he did.
He promised every Nigerian heaven on earth before elections, having won the election, no day passes without him looking for reasons why he may not perform.

Buhari is as fake as a chinko phone, looks good on the outside but has nothing inside.

We are waiting for #babaonchance to come n perform his many miracles . GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL!!

Oh well

Just Back From ban

Onyi42:
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We shall see... he should proove us wrong that he's not baba one chance