The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, Mr Dennis Idahosa, has assured that the speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, and the House were committed to the unity and growth of Nigeria.
Idahosa noted that Abbas had always worked for the growth and development of the country.
Idahosa, who represents Ovia Federal Constituency in the lower chamber stated this in a statement he issued in Benin City, Edo State capital, over the weekend to congratulate the speaker on the occasion of his 60th birthday which comes up on Sunday.
He said the Speaker, within a short time in office, had been able to galvanise the lawmakers, irrespective of party affiliation, towards working for the common purpose of ensuring good governance in the country.
The lawmaker pointed out that it was not a coincidence that Abass shared the same birth date with the country.
Idahosa disclosed that since his relationship with the speaker, he had never failed to notice that burning passion for a greater country in him (Speaker) whenever issues about Nigeria come into discussion.
According to him, on assumption of office as the speaker of the 10th Assembly, Abbas had put modality in place to ensure close working relationship between the executive and the legislature without necessarily compromising the independence of the legislature.
The House Committee Chairman on Healthcare Services stressed that all those were geared towards the growth and development of the country.
“Mr Speaker is a rare Nigerian whose every word and action, in and out of the legislative chamber is to ensure the unity and development of the country.
“His patriotism has led to the conversion of some of us that may have lost hope in the country. It is not by accident that the speaker who marks his 60th birthday this Sunday shares same date of divinity with Nigeria,” Idahosa eulogised.
Idahosa said the Speaker’s patriotism towards the unity and development of this country “is one that should be emulated by well-meaning Nigerians that are desirous to seeing to change in the fortune of the country.
He said that it was the same patriotism that was the driving force behind setting up of some new House committees for effective oversight functions.
The Ovia representative said that the speaker had reasoned that some of the committees were too large for effective oversight functions.
According to Idahosa, some of the committees had over 300 agencies to supervise, making it difficult for oversight functions.
It was for this reason, he argued, that Mr Speaker had to break some to create additional committees from 109 to 134 to allow for efficiency and effective supervision of the agencies and perform other oversight functions on the Executive.
He, however, called on Nigerians not to lose hope in the country in spite of the present economic hardship and support President Bola Tinubu in other to achieve his “Renewed Hope” agenda that would give prosperity to the people.
“Am aware of this present hardship, let it be known that no one is immune from the hardship, but we should endure for a greater Nigeria will emerge from this,” he stated.
. TheWitness
