Kwara assembly needs experience speaker for new govt to succeed – Group


The success of the new administration in Kwara state under the Alhaji Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq, the leadership of the state’ s House of Assembly must be driven by an experience lawmaker, Kwara Youths Democratic Alliamce has said.

It also advised the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara to allow the rules of the state assembly to guide them in the selection of the speaker of the 9th assembly.

Speaking at a news conference in Ilorin Sunday, the spokersperson of the group, Mallam Yakub Bello, said the development became imperative to allow the new elected state lawmakers to choose their leader without rancour or acrimony.

“There is no doubt that the new governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq, needs an articulate and capable new speaker that possesses the know-how, is vastly experienced and not just a new lawmaker that has just been elected into the house.

“The expectations of all Kwarans in this forthcoming administration are enormous and the only way to articulate the yearnings and aspirations of the residents is to have a capable speaker of the state house of assembly that would help the governor-elect to achieve all the needs and aspirations of the people of the state.

“And it is pertinent to intimate the leadership of the APC that, out of the elected members of the state house of assembly Honourable Saheed Popoola remains the only lawmaker that is worth its salts in view of being the only ranking lawmaker out of the 24 elected members of the house.

“We want to say Popoola has expected exposures that can be used to lead the 9th assembly. Apart from this, he remains a loyal member of the party to the extent that, he didn’t dump the party for any party since he was elected into the house.

“His robust political experience since his tenure as the chairman of Offa local government, and his commissionership tenure   coupled with his experience as a legislature in the outgoing state assembly are critical factors that cannot be ignored.

“The incoming administration surely needs an experienced leadership in the state assembly to deliver on its electoral promises to kwarans and this should not be compromised for any primordial political interest”.

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