January 26, (THEWILL) – The Majority Leader of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has announced that one of his wives has delivered his 28th child.
The lawmaker disclosed the development at the opening of plenary on Tuesday when the House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, asked the Majority Leader if he had any personal explanation or announcement to make.
While Ado-Doguwa said there was none, the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, announced that the Majority Leader just had a new child.
Elumelu said, “Mr Speaker, mine is to congratulate my brother, the Leader of the House. He currently has 28 children and is still counting. He just received a double a few days ago. That made it 28. It was 26, now 28.”
Confirming the news, Ado-Doguwa said, “This is no longer news. It is no longer news because this thing happened in the last 24 hours.
“It is true that my beloved family had gotten an additional one person, not two like you (Elumelu) said. And it is a baby girl, bouncing.
“The mother and the baby are hale and hearty. The husband is still active; I am here. And I thank God that I kept my words to the House of Reps; that while I had 27, I promised you that I would continue counting. I want you to know, by the grace of God and your prayer, that the count will continue. Thank you and God bless Nigeria.
“Now that we are considering the Electoral Act amendment, I will also – when we get to the floor, perhaps at the Committee of the Whole – appeal to my members so that we suspend the relevant rules; we have a clause in the Electoral Act where it permits families that do have 30 kids in their homes to have an electoral polling unit in that family.”
Gbajabiamila asked, “So, Leader, you are working towards (having) a polling unit in your house. Now that you have 28 children, you have two more to go.”
Responding, Ado-Doguwa said, “Yes, between now and 2023, before the election comes, if you allow that, then I will have a polling unit within my home.”
The Speaker said, “Congratulations, Leader of the House.”
The Majority Leader replied, “Thank you so much, Mr Speaker. I thank you honourable members. Please, the count still continues.”
Born August 14, 1965, Hon. Alhassan Ado Garba popularly known as Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, is an All Progressive Congress (APC) member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State
Ado-Doguwa had stormed the Green chamber with his four wives for his inauguration as Majority Leader of the House in 2019.
Then, after showing his wives to lawmakers, he had disclosed that he had 27 children “and still counting”.
His four wives are: Halima Alhassan Ado, Umma Alhassan Ado, Binta Alhassan Ado, and Bilkisu Alhassan Ado.
