By Joshua Egbodo
Abuja
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has dedicated his conferment of “Leadership In Public Service” by the New Telegraph Newspapers, to the other 359 members of House, describing it as a stimulant to work to achieve more.
According to the media organisation, Dogara was recognised for his outstanding contributions to the stability of the House of Representatives, and service to the country in general.
Receiving the award on behalf of the Speaker, Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, said he was doing so on behalf of the 359 members, who are always in support of the Speaker in all his efforts at ensuring stability in the House.
“I receive this award on behalf of the 359 members of the House, without whom he will not be receiving this award. They have supported him and he has stabilised the House, and we are happy to receive this award on his behalf”, Gbajabiamila saidwhile apologizing for the Speaker’s unavoidable absence.
Dogara in an earlier remark on the nomination for the award, said he members of the House of Representatives would be motivated to do more by the recognition, adding that “when appreciation comes from people who are keen observers of what we do in parliament, it spurs us to do more, knowing very well that we are on the right trajectory.”
In his remarks to welcome guests and awards recipients, Chairman of the occasion, and former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, said the selection of Dogara and other awardees must have been a product of painstaking scrutiny by the panel of judges, urging them to see same as confirmation that “our nation is truly with good minds”.
