An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress for the speakership position in the House of Representatives for the incoming 10th Assembly, Tajudeen Abass, has said he will not be or lead a rubber stamp parliament if he emerges Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Speaking about his meeting with Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, like other aspirants, he said, “Each and every contestant for the speakership has at one time or the other visited the president-elect and also visited the members of the NWC for their blessings. I, just like most of them, had cause to visit the president-elect last week, to present myself, introduce myself, and to also inform him of my aspiration to be the Speaker of the 10th Assembly.
“I want to believe, first and foremost, that he is impressed with my legislative contributions. I have told him I’ve been in the National Assembly since 2011, and I’ve been there now for almost 12 years back-to-back, and I’ve contributed in sponsoring a lot of bills.” About his academic background, he said that he was a primary school teacher, head of accounting in polytechnics and even a found head of accounting at Kaduna State University.”
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