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| Aminu Waziri Tambuwal |
Mr.
Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, handed
over the leadership of the legislature to his deputy, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, who
will round off the tenure of the House on June 5, then bowed out.
The
Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, who is now the Governor-elect for Sokoto State, will
be inaugurated on May 29 as governor of the state.
His
decision was surmounted by the constitution which does not allow anybody to take
an oath of office for two separate offices. This triggered the transfer power
to Ihedioha ahead of the May 29 handover date.
Tambuwal,
while speaking with journalists soon after Tuesday’s sitting of the House,
disclosed that the members agreed at an executive session that Ihedioha should
take over the affairs of the House till June 6.
“My stay
here in the House would have effectively come to an end on May 29 after I would
have been inaugurated as governor.
“We have
to avoid any possible issues on this, since the constitution is silent on what
happens when a sitting Speaker has to move to another office,” he added.
“At our
executive session, a member came up with an ingenious way of dealing with the
matter on hand, which members accepted.
“He came
up with the idea that the portion of the House rules in question should be
suspended to enable the deputy speaker to continue to preside over the House
instead of electing a new Speaker,” Tambuwal added.
“I won’t shut down the House. The House can
sit tomorrow ( today), Thursday and possibly the other sitting days of next
week,” he said.
On
his view about the next speaker of the 8th Assembly, he said “ I
give my full endorsement to my friend and colleague, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila,
who I believe has the requisite qualification to lead the 8th Assembly in the
onerous task of addressing the important and pressing needs of the citizens of
this nation.
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