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Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen: Between Assumptions and Antecedents

By Abdul Mutallib Muktar

abdulmutallib.muktar@mail.com

Many people have continued to oppose the endorsement of Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen as a speaker of the Green Chambers without presenting adequately valid reasons. Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen is so much opposed on no ground other than “he’s not known, he’s not popular, he is weak”. People who keep commenting that he is not known or popular have unfortunately failed to find a way of knowing him, his rich curriculum vitae, antecedents and pedigree. The reservedness, tolerance, diplomacy and peacefulness that define the personality of Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen have been misunderstood to be a weakness.

The victory of any government is not all about winning election in all or most of the key offices provided by a political system. Winning election, therefore, is not the end, nor the beginning of the end, but an end to a particular beginning.

Being the victorious party in presidential election and the winner of the majority seats in the National Assembly, APC must clear the path for delivering its mandate. In a presidential system of government, collective responsibility is a pillar. A government that is constituted with lethargic National Assembly will have nothing to write home about. And the blame will, substantially, fall on the president.

One of the ways forward is to ensure that the right people occupy the key offices in the National Assembly. After broad consultation and deep deliberations, the president-elect, His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, endorsed Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen. The president-elect is too experienced  and competent to be pulled into the mud. He knows the pain of having a House of Representatives that will constitute a clog in the wheel of his administration.

Talking about zoning, the North West cast 2,652,824 votes to APC despite the obvious fact that Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima are not from the zone. Tinubu got 30 percent of his total votes from the zone. This heavily proves the loyalty of the zone to the party and its candidates. Throwing the speakership to the zone, therefore, has shown that Tinubu and his advisers thoroughly believe in a reward system that encourages hard work, loyalty and development.

Endorsing a speaker from the North West is also a task to be meticulously carried out, giving consideration to a number of qualities. Most importantly, it is the antecedents of all the candidates vying for the speakership position from the zone that will be a fundamental consideration. Who has a record of sponsoring the highest number of bills? Who delivered in his constituency? Who is competent, tolerant, reserved, diplomatic and, based on his orientation, has the ability to keep and promote unity in diversity at the Green Chambers?

One person whom objectivity and meritocracy will favour amongst the candidates from the North West is Hon. Abbas Tajuddeen. His antecedents speak loudly about him, and this is what should be seen capturing the attention of people rather than politically-inspired assumptions.


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  1. Anonymous15 May 2023 at 06:28

    Well articulated write up .indeed TJ I'd the way to go

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