Alhassan Ado-Doguwa
hehehehe........ The
chief whip of the Federal House of Representatives, has said that
although he is the longest serving member, he wants to continue in his
position till eternity.
Speaking while fielding questions on Fireworks, a programme on
Television Continental (TVC) on Monday, the Chief Whip of the House of
Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, says although he is the “longest serving member” of the green chamber, he wants to continue in his position till eternity.
According to TheCable News, when asked what the privileges attached to the office are, he said: “Privileges?
I don’t know how this affects you or Nigerians. You want someone to
come and unseat me? They want to unseat me now? I want to continue as
chief whip till eternity.”
Pressed further to disclose the privileges for the benefit of
Nigerians who may pick interest in his office, Doguwa said his
entitlements were not “more than the privileges that are available to every other principal officer in the list of the leadership”.
“I just want to continue as chief whip… And we are not in any
way different or so far from the rights enjoyed by every other ordinary
member. The convention that made me chief whip has also reminded me to
know that I’m only first among equals.
“As it is today I’m the oldest serving member of the house of
representatives. I started as far back as 1992. I may not be the oldest
in terms of age, I reiterate that I’m the oldest serving member of the
house of representatives today.”
Doguwa, who was not in the camp of Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the
house in the buildup to Dogara’s elction, said he accepted the offer to
be the whip in order to stabilise the chamber.
“So no matter what happens in the process of establishing the
leadership of the house of representatives, no matter what role I
played, I don’t see reason why I should continuously fight a leadership
that has been transparently elected,” he said.
“What I did by accepting this offer is to stabilise the house.
This is what I call democracy in action. Nothing more, nothing less.”
He added that there were no regrets having Dogara as the speaker of the house.
No comments:
Post a Comment