APC Leaders Applaud Gbajabiamila For Passage Of Deep Offshore Bill

The leadership of the ruling All Progressive party has applauded the Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila, for the passage of Deep Offshore Bill.

The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, also commended the House on the speed with members were working on the 2020 budget to ensure its early passage.

A statement from the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi stated that Oshiomhole made the commendation when he led members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to thank the Speaker and his colleagues for their good work since inauguration in June at the national assembly on Thursday.

The statement reads in part “I commend you for the way you handled the deep offshore bill. You have shown true patriotism in doing that. The last leadership of the National Assembly didn’t do this.

”It’s to your credit and all the members of the House that, this time around, you all decided in unison, to put the country first before any other thing. You made huge sacrifices.

“I think that you deserve banner headlines for the courage and patriotism with which the House of Representatives under your leadership has been providing good leadership across party lines.

“The other thing is to also appreciate the clear difference when you received the (2020) budget. We were privileged to be in the hallowed chamber, and we had no difficulty compared to the way the president was received just about this time a year ago.

Also Read:

https://ekohotblog.com/2019/11/22/edo-reps-disassociate-selves-from-apc-caucus-press-briefing-as-edo-crisis-persists/

“That shows qualitative style in leadership and determination by the APC Caucus to do its part to ensure that the Executive and the Legislature work for the good of the country so that the party can be proud when next we’re pushing people for election or reelection.

”We’re aware that you decided to abstain and encourage your members to give priority to the budget unlike the previous years, such that even where you have other individual or group commitment outside the country, they had to sacrifice that to give the budget the kind of treatment that it deserves so that it can be passed timeously, unlike the previous years.

“There are a lot of positive things going on that we can see. I just felt that if people are not celebrating us, APC should point out what we’re doing differently, why we’re different from the past and the renewed commitment to work for the good of the country.”‎