SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, (THEWILL) – Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has congratulated Rt. Honourable Yakubu Dogara on his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives, describing him as a “Consummate politician and effective leader capable of galvanising the lower chamber into greater efficiency.”
In a statement Thursday in Abuja, Dr. Saraki stated that in the new Speaker, he believes he has found a worthy partner with whom to drive the legislative agenda of the 8th Senate and support the process of transforming Nigeria.
The Senate President noted that Dogara’s victory bears eloquent testimony to his wide acceptability by majority of the members of the newly inaugurated House. He urged all members of the House to put the division of the elections behind them and rally round the new leadership in the overall interest of the nation since elections are over.
“It is time to unite, pull together and move the National Assembly forward in the right direction… Above all let national interest be uppermost in your new leadership role most especially in making laws that would bring the greatest good to greatest number of our people,” the statement said.
“We have been called to leadership at a critical time in our nation’ history. We are besieged by insurgency, unemployment, dwindling economic fortunes and a massive infrastructural deficit. These challenges are urgent and require that we find ways to forge a collective national agenda, a minimum deliverable legislative intervention that we must fast track to help underpin the policy direction of the executive and give a new lease of life to our people again.
“I believe that our ability to work in sync would greatly help us speed up critical Bills – Executive and Private member bills- aimed at fast tracking national development and urgently meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the populace for which we are privileged to represent at this time,” Saraki added.
