Jigawa Assembly backs Lamido for presidency

THE Jigawa State House of Assembly Monday openly declared its full support for Governor Sule Lamido to contest the Presidency in 2015.
The Speaker, Alhaji Adamu Ahmad Sarawa, who made the statement yesterday after accepting the governor’s budget presentation, said it has became imperative for them to support the quest considering the pressure on the governor from all parts of the country.
He said: “We heard the comments of former and present political leaders and traditional rulers praying for Allah to make him the next president come 2015. May Allah accept their prayers and we in the Jigawa State House of Assembly are 100 per cent in support of this call by prominent Nigerians.”
The Speaker enumerated about eight awards the governor had received in recent times from different organisations to include Best Governor Award 2009 by the International Association of Small Scale Industries, and Best Governor Award 2010 in Infrastructure Development by the Federal Ministry of Transport, among others.
He said if the opposition would call them rubber-stamps for saying what was obvious and visible, it would not deter them. He added: “At this point, I want to make it clear that whether such people like it or not, honour must be given to whom it is due and Sule Lamido is not only a talk of the state but the nation and world over.”
He further assured that the state assembly would expedite action on the passage of the budget, adding that budgets since the Lamido administration have been plain, clear and elaborate.
“This house will ensure a speedy scrutiny, deliberations and passage of the 2013 Appropriation Bill to enable our great government swing into action,” he added.