Dogara
Hon
Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged
Muhammadu Buhari to immediately constitute the North East Development
Commission (NEDC) so that the region can be developed and the people
in the North East reintegrated.
Speaking
at constituency empowerment programme organized by Hon Binta Bello,
Deputy Minority Whip in Kaltungo,Gombe State, the speaker also
urged the electorate to vote for candidates that will work
conscientiously towards their development and wellbeing.
He
also added that religious and tribal sentiments could becloud one’s
ability to choose performing representatives if used as yardstick for
voting.
Hon
Dogara noted that having learnt that the secret to having a
performing representatives is to choose one who can work for the
growth and progress of his or her people irrespective of tribe or
religion, his constituents reelected him thrice as thus, positioned
him for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He
noted that as a result of that, not only has Bauchi State benefited from his being Speaker, but even the entire North-East has witnessed
it too, with the most notable achievement being the creation of the
NEDC which he personally sponsored.
The
speaker said, “In my own constituency, there was a time that it was
said that no member will ever be elected twice. It’s a constituency
consisting of more than 10 tribes in three local governments areas
and comprising of adherents of both faith; Christian and Muslim
faith, almost in equal number. So, it is always very difficult in
times of election, to escape all the traps. If you escape the trap of
tribalism, you will face the trap of religious sentiments but I
tell you, because I have done fairly well in my representation, the
entire people, whether Christian or Muslim, have accepted the fact
that what they know in the government of Nigeria is that seat of
House of Representatives and so, when it comes to my election, they
put religion aside, they put tribalism aside, they returned me three
times and that is why today, I am the speaker of the House of
Representatives and by that singular position, it is not only Bauchi
State or my constituency that has benefitted, even the entirety of
the North-East has benefitted from that position because I can tell
you here that if we had not put our feet on the ground, there is no
way we would have come up the North East Development Commission and
it is on account of the commission that God answered our prayer, even
though the commission has not been constituted by Mr President,
we are again, today, calling in very strong voice that he should
immediately constitute that commission so that we really develop and
integrate our people in the North East.”
He
urged the people of Gombe South Senatorial district to vote for Hon
Binta Bello, who he said has the yearnings of her people at heart and
has been doing well in the National Assembly to the extent that she
emerged as the deputy minority whip of the House of Representatives.
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