Ahmed Wase, the immediate past deputy speaker of the house
of representatives, has congratulated Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu on their
election as speaker and deputy speaker of the 10th assembly.
Abbas, lawmaker representing Zaria constituency of Kaduna,
was elected speaker of the house of representatives on Tuesday.
He defeated Wase and Sani Jaji by a landslide to win the
election with 353 votes.
Wase and Jaji polled 3 votes each.
In a congratulatory message on Wednesday, Wase said his
speakership bid was not about winning, but about challenging “the lack of
equity and fairness in his party”.
The north-central from where Wase hails, did not get any
position in the national assembly leadership.
However, the north-west produced the speaker and the deputy
senate president.
Wase, however, said he will be a partner in the project of
deepening parliamentary democracy.
“I believed that my contest in the speakership election is
about making a case for what I considered a lack of equity and fairness in the
manner in which my party’s zoning was done and not about winning,” Wase said.
“As a politician who has been engaging in elections since
2007 and has returned to the House for the 5th term, I verily understand that
every contest must generate its necessary contentions.
“However, in the end, we have to come together to confront
the bigger matters of stability of the parliament and enriching legislative
governance to deepen our collective democracy.
“I wish to extend my
sincere congratulations to Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie
Kalu on their election as speaker and deputy speaker respectively of the 10th
house of representatives.
“Although we were on different sides of the political space,
we have, nevertheless always acknowledged that we were all partners in the
project of deepening our parliamentary democracy.”
Wase urged his supporters, well-wishers and fellow
contestants to give the new leaders all the cooperation required to achieve a
stable and united 10th house of representatives.
The former deputy speaker said he intends to “fervently and
actively” participate in all legislative business and will continue to proudly
represent not only his constituency but Nigerians at large.
“I thank my mentor and leader, the President and
Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola
Tinubu for his continuous fatherly support and counsel which he has sustained
from my early days in ACN till date,” he said.
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