Kwara Religious Leaders List Criteria for Assembly Speaker

Date: 2019-04-13

As the race for the 9th speakership position of Kwara State House of Assembly hots up, religious leaders in Offa, under the aegis of Offa Muslim and Christian Cleric Council (OMCCC), have called on the leadership of All Progressives Congress(APC) in the state to make use of experience, sacrifice and loyalty to the party rather than zoning formular in the consideration for electing the ninth Speaker of the state House of Assembly.

The clerics, however, said that out of the elected 24 lawmakers, only Hon. Saheed Popoola representing Ojomu/Igbodun constituency of Offa town remained the most qualified lawmaker to be elected as the 9th speaker of the house.

Speaking with journalists in Offa yesterday, the Muslim and Christian clerics said that when considering Kwara State as a collective project, it was not logical to have a new governor and speaker in both executive and legislative arms in the state.

The group recalled that the governor-elect in the state, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, was coming into governance with private sector background, while all the elected members of the Assembly, except one, Hon. Saheed Popoola, were all new members.

The spokesperson of the clerics, Reverend Segun Ogungboye, who said that zoning arrangement in politics was good for power balancing, added, however, that experience among other qualities should not be sacrificed on the altar of zoning.

Reverend Ogungboye said that the group had made its opinion on the issue known to the party structure in the state, calling on party leaders and members in the state to encourage sacrifice and loyalty to the party rather than zoning formular that may breed apathy.

"That the kind of unalloyed loyalty that Prince Saheed Popoola displayed in the lifetime of the eighth Kwara State House of Assembly and the sacrifices he made thereafter should not be sacrificed on the altar of zoning.

"That four years of legislative experience gained and garnished by Prince Popoola should not be sacrificed on the altar of zoning

"That the spirit and letter of the legislative rule that bequeath principal offices to high ranking legislators for prosperity sake should not be sacrificed on the altar of zoning," he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Halimat Yusuf     Ghali Alaaya     Owo Arugbo     Folorunsho Erubu     Stephen Fasakin     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     CLAY POT     Abdulkareem Alabi     Al-Adaby     Paul Odama     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Kulende     Olaiya Zuberu     Odo-Owa     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Afonja     REO CAKES     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Olatunde Jare     Woro     New Naira Notes     Mustapha Akanbi     Bankole Omisore     Bola Shagaya     Yetunde Balogun     Olupako Of Share     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Gbemisola Saraki     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Lawan     Sarah Jubril     GANZY     LAK Jimoh     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Moronfoye     Abdulkarim Adisa     Yemi Osinbajo     Nigerian Correctional Service     Maryam A. Garuba     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Hussein Oloyede     Student Learning Support Helpline     Offa Metropolitan Club     Halidu Danbaba     Halimah Perogi     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Lithium Deposit     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Toyin Falola     SWAN     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Park     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Obuh     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Tunji Olawuyi     MINILS     Oke-Ogun     Abikan     David Oyedepo     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Elewu     NAWOJ     Unicontinental Construction Company     Omu-aran     Mohammed Yisa     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Titus Ashaolu     Tsaragi/Share     Yusuf Badmus     Abiodun Oyedepo     Olugbense     Okala Baba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     GGDSS Pakata     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Binta Sulyman     CCT     Moji Makanjuola     Patience Jonathan     Sarkin Malamai     Sidikat Alaya     Facemasks     Ajike People Support Centre     Saidu Isa     Kwara United     Shonga Farm Project     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Durosinlohun Atiku     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Mary Arinde     Alimi     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Council Of The Wise     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Peter Amogbonjaye     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Eleyele     Voices Of Tomorrow     CACOVID     Osi     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Saidu Kawu     Lithium Deposit     Onilorin Of Ilorin     The Herald     Issa Manzuma     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kwara Poly     Emir Of Shonga     Millennium Development Goals     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Naira Redesign     PPS     Kulende-UITH     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Busari Alabi Alausa     Fatimat Saliu     Dauda Adesola     Admiralty Villa     Egbewole     Post Utme     Moses Afolayan     Kwara Hotel     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Shehu Salau     Sobi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Yaman     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Alagbado     Aliyu Muyideen     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Ike Ekweremadu     Alfa Belgore     Sardauna     Erubu     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Joseph Daudu     Onikijipa     MINILS     Segun Abifarin     Anilelerin