FREQUENT IMPEACHMENT OF SPEAKERS NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY - GANDUJE

FREQUENT IMPEACHMENT OF SPEAKERS NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY - GANDUJE

 

The rate at which Speakers of State Assemblies and Deputy Governors are impeached is a pointer to the fact that the nation’s democracy is still immature, the governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has observed.

 

The governor, who spoke during a dinner organized in honour of Speakers of  state Assemblies from the 19 Northern states, at Africa House, Government House, Kano on Sunday night, lamented that the occurrence of such impeachments is a set back to the nation’s democratic setting.

 

“The frequency at Speakers and Deputy Governors are removed like underwear is not the best. Somebody was impeached from his office, as Deputy Governor, because he managed poultry within his official residence”, the governor lamented, noting that such excuses were not cogent enough to warrant impeachment.

 

Noting that democracy should revolve around issues not trivialities, governor Ganduje advised state legislators, especially Speakers of their Assemblies to synergize with the executive arms of government to bring about progress and development in the country.

 

The governor charged the Northern Speakers Conference to step up efforts to tackle the common problems facing the region particularly the issue of Almajirai, educational backwardness, compulsory primary education, economic backwardness, unemployment and conflicts.

 

Governor Ganduje also stressed the need for all Northerners to strengthen their unity so as to fully address issues affecting the region and map out ways of contributing more positively to national development. 

 

In his speech, the Chairman, Northern Speakers Conference and Speaker of the Borno state House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdulkarim Lawal, said the forum would deliberate on several issues of socio – economic development affecting the region.

 

He, therefore, appealed to the Federal government to give special attention to the North east geopolitical zone because of its peculiar challenges, mainly insecurity. 

 

The Speaker, Kano state House of Assembly, Kabiru Alasan Rurum, stressed the need for governments and legislatures in the North to design policies, taking into cognizance their implications to the overall regional and sub-regional development.