- Urge him to play role of CoS dispassionately
From Priscilla Ediare,Ado-Ekiti
A group, Nigerian Youths for Good Governance, has lauded the leadership style of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The group noted that Gbajabiamila’s quality leadership assisted in stabilising the Ninth National Assembly, where he led the House of Representatives as Speaker.
The group, in a statement by its President, Olapade Idowu, in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State said Gbajabiamila , during his time in the Green Chamber embarked on people-oriented projects
Idowu noted that the quality of bills sponsored and signed into law were testament to the fact that Gbajabiamila was committed to the growth and development of the country.
He hinted that the former Speaker sponsored 25 bills and that 10 of the bills were passed into law by the president of the country.
The bills include, “Electric Power Sector Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2019, Physically Challenged (Empowerment) Bill 2019, Presidential (Transition) Bill 2019, South West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2019. Labour Act (Amendment) Bill 2019, Economic Stimulus Bill 2019, Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill 2020, Quarantine Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill 2020 and Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank (Establishment Etc) Bill 2020.”
According to the group, Gbajabiamila steered the leadership of the House of Representatives as Speaker, including the Minority and Majority Leadership of the House.
Specifically , Idowu noted that Gbajabiamila sponsored important pieces of legislation including the Students’ Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act 2023 and made impacts with projects, especially in the health and education sector.
Also, a group known as the Society for Youth Emancipation described the Chief of Staff as a trailblazer who is committed to building successors through legislative fellowship.
Speaking with newsmen, President of the group, Victor Olaniyan, commended Gbajabiamila’s leadership in institutionalising and strengthening the Legislature with the introduction of a Legislative library.
The group tasked the Chief of Staff to discharge his duties dispassionately while urging him to keep thriving in the role of the CoS, which they described as “a thankless one that takes the heat on behalf of the principal.”