The All Progressives Congress’s Abubakar Luggerewo and Saddam Bello have been elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, respectively.
After Sadiq Kurba’s impeachment, the sixth Assembly, which just ended, had Luggerewo as speaker.
After taking the oath of office, Luggerewo spoke to reporters in his conference room and thanked his colleagues for trusting him to lead them in the newly inaugurated legislature.
He promised that he would carry out his responsibility with the highest respect and impartiality, saying that the honor would not be taken for granted.
We are all honorable members, and each and every one of us has the right to serve as Speaker, but they put their trust in me and granted me the authority to manage the house’s business.
“This is high responsibility which I believe I will do all my best to do justice to the confidence or to the responsibility given to me. They are all aware that the House of Assembly is a complex institution where you are leading your peers, we came from various constituencies and everyone is entitled to his own opinion but they gathered together and agreed that I should emerge unopposed that is a very great, humble decision.”‘
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Speaking about his challenges in the last assembly and how he intends to pilot the house in the current legislative year Luggerewo said he would consolidate on the gains of the assembly.
“We passed almost 42 bills and more than 175 resolutions during the period of four years and I’m sure with their support and cooperation most especially with this vibrant Deputy Speaker behind me I’m sure we will do more and more.
“The governor is also working hand in hand with the three arms I’m sure they will give me the necessary support to promote unity, harmony and improve the development achievements of this government. We are optimistic that this seventh Assembly is going to be better than the sixth,” he said.
On the claim that the previous assembly was a rubber stamp to the executive, Luggerewo debunked the allegation, adding “That statement is not very correct you have been with us in the sixth assembly, there was no bill that wasn’t subjected to public hearing, there was no bill that we didn’t put our input. Rubber stamp means garbage in, garbage out but the sixth assembly was not a rubber stamp. We will perform our task of checks and balances and separation of powers.”
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