Your Excellency, I am
pleased for the significant roles you and other members of the House of
Representatives played in moving Nigeria forward. The most recent of such roles
is the constitution review which most of the proposed amendments are citizen-impact
driven. I and other Nigerians will be glad to see that such come to reality so
that Nigeria can be repositioned.
Shortly after the 2015
general elections were over and All Progressives Congress (APC) won the
presidential election and majority of the seats in both the lower and upper
chambers at the National Assembly, you were not the preferred candidate by the
National Leader of APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was Hon. Olufemi Gbajabiamila who was
Tinubu’s preferred man for the mantle of the lower chamber leadership. But you
emerged against all odds to become the speaker of the House of Representatives
against the wish and preferred candidate of Tinubu.
So many Nigerians were happy that you emerged because
it appeared like Tinubu wanted to place people in advantageous positions so
that he could manipulate them and have enormous influence in the National
Assembly and other aspects of Nigeria’s existence.
I was personally happy for your emergence and
congratulated you on social media and prayed that you reposition the House of
Representatives and make the desired impact on Nigeria. So far, your efforts in
doing so are highly commended and I pray that your rectitude should guide you
to walk the path of progress and not retrogression.
I have so desired that you will be an embodiment of leadership success so
that others can use you as a reference point when talking about leadership
related issues. And that you should be a reminiscent of good leadership at all
times and through that you can reignite your leadership prowess to unearth the
ripple of excitement that is hardly felt in Nigeria as a result of continual
poor leadership at both the National Assembly and the Federal Government.
My basic reasons for writing this open letter are to appreciate the good
work you have done so far and also appeal to you as a matter of urgency to
immediately Swear-in Hon (Mrs.) Dorothy Mato once you and other members resume
from recess.
Since the Supreme Court sacked Hon. Herman Hembe and ordered that INEC
should issue Mrs Mato the certificate of return, Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal
Constituency of Benue State is left with no active representative since she has
not been sworn-in.
The Chairman , House Committee on Media
and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, while speaking to newsmen in Abuja before the
recess said that the House of Representatives would swear in Dorothy Mato as
the lawmaker representing Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue
upon resumption from its six weeks recess.
Namdas said, “By the time the House resumes from the recess, we
would have completed all the processes for her to be sworn-in as Hembe’s
replacement.
“Our tenure hasn’t elapsed. We are going on a break and when she
is through, we can still swear her in.
“The recess is a constitutional matter and when we return, we will
continue our legislative business,” he added.
From what Namdas said I want to believe
that you and the House will keep to your words and get her sworn- in without
delay as soon as work resumes at the chamber.
The people of Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency
are all looking up to you to be the kind of Speaker that will at all times
place the interest of the governed above personal and political interests. And
by doing so, you will bring them exhilarating experience beyond measure.
It is my fervent desire that you will
increase the momentum of your leadership so that your leadership trajectory
with leave indelible marks on Nigeria and you will forever be remembered as one
of those who contributed significantly in repositioning Nigeria.
God Bless You!
God Bless the members of the House of
Representatives!
God Bless the National Assembly!!
God Bless Nigeria!!!
From:
Terfa Naswem
Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency,
Benue State, Nigeria.