The member representing Ideato North/South federal constituency of Imo State in the House od Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, has said that federal government’s policies were scaling through in the House of Representatives because members have confidence in the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu.
Ugochinyere, who is the chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), in a statement, commended Speaker Abbas and Deputy Speaker Kalu for their all-inclusive leadership which has made the development possible in the interest of the nation.
Ugochinyere noted that with the confidence reposed in the duo of Abbas and Kalu, lawmakers were always giving their support to policies of the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government, usually via the instruments of executive bills and requests routed through them.
“The confidence of lawmakers in the leadership of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu have being responsible for the approval of many federal government policies either conveyed through executive bills or requests.
“Because both the duo of Speaker Abbas and Deputy Speaker have proved to us beyond reasonable doubt that they were selfless leaders representing the interests of not only lawmaker but the generality of Nigerians we are representing, we always support them in ensuring that federal government policies they presented see the light of the day.
“It is also on record that under the 10th House, christened the people House under the leadership of the Rt Hon. Speaker Abbas and Rt Hon. Deputy Speaker Kalu has in place the most ambitious legislative agenda with eight priorities areas of strengthening good governance, improving national security, law reform, economic growth and development, social sector reform and development, inclusion and open parliament, influencing/directing Nigeria’s foreign policy, and climate change and environmental sustainability.
“Guided by these, the lawmakers in support of the Speaker and his Deputy have always give legislative backing to federal government policies as most of them are in tandem with our legislative agenda through which we also monitor how the approved policies are implemented to ensure the Nigerians are well protected.
“Notable amongst these are the
Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act, 2024; the National Anthem Bill, 2024; Appropriation Act, 2023 amendment bill, Appropriation Bill, 2024, Appropriation Act, 2024 amendment bills, requests for reimbursement of promissory notes, amongst others while the Appropriation Bill, 2025 is under consideration,” Ugochinyere stated.
