Following
speculations that Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, might
throw his hat in the ring come 2015 presidential polls, the state House
of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the governor.
Giving
the Assembly’s endorsement of the calls, the Speaker, Alhaji Adamu
Ahmad Sarawa, 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.”
He
said: “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, who earlier stated that members of the Assembly would not fail
in their duties amid allegations that they are mere rubber stamp for
the governor .
“At
this point, I want to make it clear that, whether such people like it
or not, honour must be given to whom it deserved and Lamido is not only a
talk of the state but the nation and world over,” he said.
The
Speaker also restated the commitment of the House of Assembly to ensure
the dividends of democracy are delivered to the people of the state
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