The House of Representatives Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said
that he will mentor the younger generation if elected as Speaker of
the House.
He stated this on Sunday while seeking support from different
parties in an official declaration.
“I seek the office of the Speaker to bring governance closer to
the people.
“I seek the office of the Speaker to mentor the younger
generation.
“I seek the office of the Speaker to make life easier for every
Nigerian in respective of the tribe, religious background or
political participation”.
Hon. Gbajabiamila who has been in the House for about 16 years
said that he is a product of hard work and perseverance.
“My name is Femi Gbajabiamila, House leader, the 8th Assembly of
the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I stand here before you hopefully as a symbol of encouragement
and a point of contact for the many young men and women out there
who believe in hard work and commitment, you can be whatever your
conceives you to be.
“Today I formally declare my intention to seek the position of
the office of the Speaker of the 9th Assembly and offer my services
to the nation in this capacity.
“As many of you are aware, I ran for the same office four years
ago but it was not to be.
“With all sense of humility, I seek this office with a
legislative background and pedigree, having just won a historic
fifth term mandate to the House.
“I have in the last 16 years dedicated my life to the service of
my constituency and Nigeria”.
He noted that the House of Representatives was established to be
the people’s house and to handle the peoples’ business.
He added that the qualities of a Speaker should be one who will
handle affairs of the House and champion their course. by doing so
fulfilling their hopes and aspirations.
He, therefore, called on members of the House to support his
ambition.
Mr Gbajabiamila was first elected to the House of
Representatives in 2003 and has won re-election four times
after.
In 2015, he contested to become the Speaker of the house. He
lost to the incumbent speaker, Yakubu Dogara.
The lawmaker, who was re-elected on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to represent Surulere 1 constituency of
Lagos State.
He was, however, elected by his APC colleagues as House
Leader.
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EFCC is Not Probing Outgoing APC Governors Amosu,
Okocha, Yari
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC has been drawn to a lead story of Sunday Punch Newspaper of
March 31, 2019, titled: “EFCC raises teams to quiz Amosun, Okocha,
Yari as immunity ends”.
The newspapers had claimed that ahead of May 29, 2019, handover
date to newly elected states helmsmen, the Commission has set up
teams to probe some governors accused of perpetuating acts of
corruption.
It is instructive to note that the reporter did not give the
composition and terms of reference of the purported teams set up by
the EFCC.
The report is a figment of the imagination of the reporter as
everything about the setting of the teams ended with the first
paragraph without details of such teams being set up.
Again, the story is not true, as the EFCC does not go after
anybody, including ex-governors on speculative ground.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission only act after the
investigators have done a thorough job on any individual or firm
involved in corruption related cases.
The Commission wants to advise our stakeholders, including our
friends in the media to be circumspect and verify their stories
before going to press.
Members of the public are therefore advise to disregard the
story as no team has been set up against any former governor.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity