Kwara APC canvasses rule of law in electing Assembly speaker

Date: 2019-04-17

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have said that rule of law and legislative experience should not be sacrificed on the altar of sectionalism when electing ninth speaker of the state House of Assembly.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday, members of the Legacy Group/Foundation members of the APC said that it would be counterproductive if rule of law and legislative experience were jettisoned.

Led by its chairman in the Kwara Central senatorial district, Alhaji Gani Saka, the group also called on leadership of the party, including President Muhammadu Buhari, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, the state chairman of the APC, Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa, among others to ensure that members of the party, who had laboured were not subjected to further injustice.

"in as much as we will want to appreciate efforts of our dear brothers and elected members from the Kwara North, we cannot but be guided by a Yoruba proverb that says, "the blind cannot successfully lead the blind." Therefore, we will like to declare our support for the rule of law, by clearly encouraging our party leaders to do the needful by declaring Hon. Saheed Popoola, who is the only re-elected House member among the 24 House of Assembly members-elect, as the next speaker of the House.

"Hon. Saheed Popoola, who has the best political experience as former council secretary, member of Kwara state polytechnic governing council, Offa local government council chairman, former commissioner and the only returning House member, is qualified to be the next speaker of the House where all other members are fresher," he said.

The people, who also called attention of leadership of the party to alleged injustice on them, said that emergence of APC candidates for the just concluded general elections was lopsided.

They said that members that decamped to the party were allotted 95 per cent in elective positions.

"From the position of governor-elect, deputy governor-elect, senators and House of Representatives members, down to the House of Assembly members, almost all are from the camp of our decampee members, while the foundation members were left with next to nothing in the whole arrangement.

"Therefore, it will be great injustice to again sacrifice Hon. Saheed Popoola who has sacrificed so much for the party when it was an act of political suicide for any elected party man to stand with the party against Dr. Bukola Saraki's position, he stood with the party.

"When all other members of the current House of Assembly members decamped to the PDP with Saraki, he stood alone with the APC in the state," he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

IHS Towers     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Agbarigidoma     Sango-UITH Road     Mohammed Lawal     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ubandawaki     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Yaru     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Bio Ibrahim     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Olayinka Olaogun     Abubakar Usman Jos     Aso Ofi     Aminu Adisa Logun     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Alao Ayotunde     Issa Manzuma     Isau     Tafida Of Kaiama     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Just Event Online     Maimunat Oniyangi     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Arinola Lawal     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Sadiq Buhari     Saheed Alakoso     Funke Adedoyin     Coronavirus     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Oye Tinuoye     Baba Isale     Igosun     Tsaragi     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Elesie Of Esie     Erubu Oba Zubair     Isiaka Gold     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Medview Airlines     07039448763     Aminu Ado Bayero     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Ronke Adeyemi     Abdulkareem Alabi     Yusuf A. Usman     Fawenu     Ali Ahmad     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     CCT     Kwara 2023     Okin Malt     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Albert Ogunsola     Tunji Olawuyi     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     David Adesina     Post-utme     Transition Implementation Committee     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Pakata Development Association     Mumeen Lah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

YAKOOYO     Monkey Pox     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Mohammed Lawal     Ahmad Uthman     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Ariyo     Durosinlohun Kawu     JAMB     Alfa Yahaya Road     Maigidasanma     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Kwara Basketball Association     Buari Edun     Maigida     Yomi Ogunsola     Saliu Mustapha     Oloje     Aso Ofi     JUSUN     Ayinde Oyepitan     Elections     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Rotimi Atere     KWATMA     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Yusuf Lawal     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Olaitan Adefila     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Senate President     Modibo Kawu     Rafiu Olasile     Umar Ayinla Saro     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Lanre Badmus     Abubakar Baba     3MTT     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Zainab Abass     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Ilorin General Hospital     Taiwo Joseph     Rihanat Ajia     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Mujtabah Bature     Saka Abimbola Isau     ASUU     Yakubu Danladi     Oniyangi     Ibrahim Oniye     KWAFFA     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Idiagbon     Paul Odama     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Agboola Babatunde     Amuda Aluko     Kawu Baraje     KSIRS     Alapado     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Garba Ado Sanni     SGBN     Abikan     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Idris Amosa Saidu     GRA