From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The members of Jigawa State House of Assembly during their plenary on Wednesday passed a confidence votes on Governor Umar Namadi and his administration.
The lawmakers also during the sitting endorsed governor Malam Umar Namadi to run for second term, rating him as the best performing governor in the state.
The development is coming against the backdrop of the recent mass defections across the major political parties in the state, notably the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the main opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
But the Speaker of the Assembly, Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin, who presided over the Wednesday’s plenary downplayed the effects of the defections maintaining that those leaving the ruling APC for other parties were people who have no political values in the state.
Before the confidence vote, the lawmakers had earlier confirmed the appointments of two nominees as Permanent Commissioners for the State Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC) Ahmad Kani Garin Gabas and Rabiu Yarima.
One after the other, the members of 30-man legislature took turns to list the projects by the Namadi-led administration executed in their various constituencies which cut across education, health, infrastructure such as road network, agriculture, youth empowerment and amongst others, noting that the past Three years had been a blessing for the state.
Dangyatin, while interacting with reporters after the plenary insisted that the governor deserved the confidence vote giving what he described as his ” superlative” performance so far since his assumption of office in less than three years ago.
The Speaker also praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his stern leadership direction for the country especially his bold economic policies which he said were impacting positively on Nigerians.
According to him, not only has the governor done very well “I can assure you that both the governor and the president are rest assured of their second term to enable them complete what they’ve started.”
Asked if the “hurried” confidence vote was not a reaction to massive defection from the ruling party, the speaker said the government was not bothered, noting that those leaving the party in the state were of less political value.
Dangyatin noted, however that while some people were leaving, we’ve been busy receiving people with more political relevance into our party, so we’re not bothered at all. Let me make it clear that we’re not afraid of them at all, we can only meet on the field when the time comes “.
