Speakership: Trouble for Candidates as Tinubu Support Groups Across 19 Northern States Endorse Top Lawmaker

• Lawmakers of the 10th House of Representatives have been urged to ensure they vote for Aliyu Betara as speaker
• The call was made to the elected members of the House of Representatives by a coalition of Bola Tinubu support groups
• The groups said Betara, while serving as the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, exhibited the qualities needed to be speaker of the 10th National Assembly

A coalition of Bola Tinubu's support groups has thrown its weight behind the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Betara, for the position of speaker of the 10th National Assembly.

The coalition, under the aegis of Coalition of Asiwaju Groups in Northern Nigeria, said Nigerians are desirous of the dividends of democracy, and Betara stands as the right person to hand that to the citizens from the crop of lawmakers recently elected into the 10th National Assembly.

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Speaking during a briefing in Abuja, the group convener, Abdullahi Bilal, said that Betara flaunts a rich resume and is best known for his ability to get things done professionally.

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Also describing the House committee chairman on appropriation as a high-ranking legislator with a grasp of issues in the national debate, Bilal recommended that the Deputy Senate President of the National Assembly and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation be zoned to the Northeast and North Central regions, respectively.

His words:

"He (Betara) is also a bridge builder who will galvanise the support and buy-in of the legislative arm of government in the lofty plans and program of the incoming administration in our quest to build the Nigeria of our dreams.

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"Also, the quest for peace, security, and good governance in Nigeria requires that the executive and legislature must, as a matter of urgency, work together to engineer the policy-making and implementation process that will engender good governance."

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Yusuf Gagdi has been backed by a coalition of 500 Pro-Democracy Civil Society Organisations for the speaker position.

The group said it supports the lawmaker because he is the best of all the candidates vying for the position.

Going further, the CSOs praised the lawmaker for what it described as a passion for serving the people, commitment to the Nigerian Project, and loyalty to the party, among others.

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Lawmakers of the National Assembly have been cautioned against creating new agencies across ministries of the nation.

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The call was made to the lawmakers on Monday, March 27, by a coalition of civil society organisations.

The CSOs said that creating new agencies amounts to a duplication of responsibilities of the already existing ones.

Source: Legit.ng