9th House committed to enactment of quality legislations – Gbajabiamila

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the ninth House is committed to making quality laws for the development of the country.

Gbajabiamila, who stated this, in Abuja, at an award ceremony organised by Democracy Heroes Awards Africa, said the House in the last three years has passed legislations that are impacting positively on the polity.

The speaker, represented by Aliyu Ibrahim, member representing Wurno/Rabbah federal constituency of Sokoto State, listed the landmark legislations passed by the Green chamber recently to include the Petroleum Industry Act, Electoral Act 2022 amongst others.

Gbajabiamila, who was received the Legislative Personality of the Decade Award, said the honour was for the entire members of the House, noting that it will spur them to do more.

He said “On behalf of my leader, we say thank you very much, the organisers of this great event for honouring not only him, the right honourable speaker but indeed the House of Representatives.

“We hold this award in high esteem and it will further embolden us to do more. Under our able leadership, there are a lot of legislative landmarks as you know, ranging from the Electoral Act to the passage of the great Petroleum Industry Act.”

Similarly, the chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs,
Benjamin Kalu, who was part of the delegation that represented the speaker at the event, reiterated the commitment of the legislature to providing legislative interventions to national issues, for the overall progress, unity and prosperity of the country.