Dogara calls on President Buhari to constitute North East Dev Comm
He also added that religious and tribal sentiments could
becloud one’s ability to choose performing representatives if used as yardstick
for voting.
Dogara noted that having learnt that the secret to having a
performing representatives is to choose one who can work for the growth and
progress of his or her people irrespective of tribe or religion, his
constituents re-elected him thrice as thus, positioned him for the position of
the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He noted that as a result of that, not only has Bauchi State
benefitted from his being Speaker, but even the entire North-East has witnessed
it too, with the most notable achievement being the creation of the NEDC which
he personally sponsored.
The speaker said, “In my own constituency, there was a time
that it was said that no member will ever be elected twice. It’s a constituency
consisting of more than 10 tribes in three local governments areas and
comprising of adherents of both faith; Christian and Muslim faith, almost in
equal number. So, it is always very difficult in times of election, to escape
all the traps.
“If you escape the trap of tribalism, you will face the trap
of religious sentiments but I tell you,
because I have done fairly well in my representation, the entire people,
whether Christian or Muslim, have accepted the fact that what they know in the
government of Nigeria is that seat of House of Representatives and so, when it
comes to my election, they put religion aside, they put tribalism aside, they
returned me three times and that is why today, I am the speaker of the House of
Representatives and by that singular position, it is not only Bauchi State or
my constituency that has benefitted, even the entirety of the North-East has
benefitted from that position because I can tell you here that if we had not
put our feet on the ground, there is no way we would have come up the North
East Development Commission and it is on account of the commission that God
answered our prayer, even though the commission has not been constituted by Mr President, we are
again, today, calling in very strong voice that he should immediately constitute
that commission so that we really develop and integrate our people in the North
East.”
He urged the people of Gombe South Senatorial district to
vote for Hon Binta Bello, who he said has the yearnings of her people at heart
and has been doing well in the National Assembly to the extent that she emerged
as the deputy minority whip of the House of Representatives.
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