Bauchi speaker advises legislators against partisanship

The Speaker of the Bauchi state House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman has charged his colleagues to set aside party differences and face their legislative duties with patriotic zeal so as to fast track development in the state.

A press release obtained from the spokesperson to the speaker, Comrade Abdul Burra explained that the speaker gave the charge during the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on legislative duties organized for members of the state assembly by the state government in collaboration with the National Institute for Legislative and Democracy Studies (NILDS) in Kano.

The speaker while declaring the workshop open said that the workshop is aimed at re-strategizing the legislators and preparing them for the very important task of law -making in the state.

“It is worthy to note that our constituents have given us a mandate to represent them in the House so that their yearnings and aspirations will be taken care of by the government.

This is a rare privilege to all of us. Thus, we should put the interests of our constituents above any other thing,” Suleiman observed.

The speaker, who tasked his colleagues to discharge their legislative duties with all sense of responsibility and patriotism, added that the state requires innovative legislative interventions to fast track development in all ramifications.

The speaker congratulated the members for witnessing the end of the misunderstanding that almost set them against each other, assuring them that he will run a transparent, all inclusive and open door administration, and be just to all members.

The workshop with the theme: “Good governance through effective legislative engagement” will be concluded on August 29 with first batch of 17 members of the state assembly participating.

According to the statement, the workshop is coming ahead of the resumption of the lawmakers from recess which is rescheduled to next week.

Comrade Burra noted that upon resumption, the lawmakers are expected to screen the commissioner nominees submitted to the House by Governor Bala Mohammed.