Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has officially joined the race for the speakership of the 10th House of Representatives with a promise to deliver democratic dividends to Nigerians.
Gagdi, who is contesting with the mantra: “One Nation, Forward Together,” declared his interest on Saturday in Abuja.
The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Navy, said under his watch, “the House of Reps would be the embodiment of the nation’s democracy”.
He added that it would be a House where each member represents the value of the country, saying the House will no longer be taken for granted.
He promised to return the House of Representatives to a House where legislative agenda would be strictly adhered to.
Gagdi also promised to sponsor a bill that would legitimatise legislative agenda.
According to him, the House shall be vested with a lot of responsibility that prioritises legislation to reform oversight function and oversee implementation of laws.
One of his supporters, Rep. Mohammed Kazaure (APC-Jigawa), urged members to queue behind the speakership ambition of Gagdi, saying he remained the best among the arrays of contestants.
“We need the House of Reps that will help the Nigerian people, that will oversight projects and not assembly that will keep members in hotels without nothing to show for it,” Kazaure said.
Contributing, a Senator-elect from Plateau State, Diket Plang, said: “Gagdi has a strong will, he is coordinated and stands for representation.
“The dividends of democracy in his constituency is unparalleled.”
Plang added that the aspirant believes in humanity not tribe or religion, saying he treats all equally.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that other Members-elect from both the opposition partiess and the All Progressives Congress came to show solidarity and spoke glowingly of Gagdi.
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