...warns citizens against unguarded utterances
Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, has called on the people of the state, irrespective of their differences, to support the administration of Gov. Abdullahi Sule in totality to enable him to succeed instead of making unguarded utterances capable of distracting the good intentions of the state government.
The Speaker also appealed to the people of Eggon land to set aside any primordial sentiments, pray, and support Gov. Abdullahi Sule to succeed in his mandate, ensuring more dividends of democracy reach the people.
The Speaker made the call while hosting the Forum of Traditional Rulers from Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area today in Lafia.
Speaker Jatau said electioneering is over and it is time for governance, thus calling on the people of Nasarawa State to bury their primordial sentiments and support the administration of Gov. Abdullahi Sule for more dividends of democracy to better the lives of the masses.
He commended the over 37 traditional rulers from Eggon land for identifying with him, noting that in many Eggon families there is a mix of religions, both Christians and Muslims, and called on his people not to allow anyone to divide them along religious lines.
"First, I want to appreciate you, my elders, my chiefs, and all the kingmakers that are here from Eggon land for coming to identify with me for the honor done to me by God Almighty.
"Strike or no strike, I said I must come and see my fathers. We need to give all the necessary and total support for Gov. Abdullahi Sule's administration to succeed. He loves us; he has passion for our people. Apart from God Almighty, Gov. Abdullahi Sule is instrumental to my emergence as Speaker. We need to give him all the necessary support to succeed as Eggon people.
"By the special grace of God, I will not fail you and the people of the state while discharging my duties. I want to appreciate my honorable members for the support I am getting from them. We are fully with the Governor; we will not betray him.
"Let's all continue to preach and embrace peace and unity, live together irrespective of our affiliations. We should not allow religion or tribal sentiments to divide us," he said.
He said Governor Sule is steering the state on the path of higher development to compete with its contemporaries in terms of infrastructure, hence the need for all to support him to succeed.
The Speaker called for constructive criticism to guide the Governor to achieve the task ahead instead of making unguarded utterances capable of distracting the good intentions of the state government.
Speaker Jatau used the medium to call on the people of Nasarawa State not to allow religion, tribe, and other societal sentiments to undermine the relative peace the state is enjoying.
He maintained that peace and harmonious living remain the catalyst for socio-economic development.
On the requests put forward by the forum, "Maren Ba Eggon," regarding the elevation of some traditional stools, chiefdoms, and letters of recognition, Speaker Jatau promised to communicate their plights to the Governor for appropriate actions.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Chief Musa Osko Ebe, said that the visit was to identify with the Speaker and assure him of their support and prayers at all times.
"We are here to pray, bless, and advise you to achieve the task of legislation as the number one lawmaker and number three citizen of the state. Always operate with the fear of God and carry everybody along," he said.
The leader of the delegation, however, appealed for the elevation of some of their traditional stools and chiefdoms as well as letters of recognition.
It was reported that the forum of traditional rulers, known as "Maren Ba Eggon," are community and traditional leaders cutting across villages, districts, and chiefdoms from Nasarawa Eggon local government who were at the assembly complex to pray, bless, and advise the Speaker to achieve the task of legislation.
