The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) should reward Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase with the position of Speaker of the House for his years of loyalty to the party.
Buni, who threw his weight behind Wase’s aspiration, said he will personally campaign for him to emerge Speaker.
The Governor said there was no better time for the APC to reward the commitment and dedication of Wase to the affairs of the party.
Receiving Wase and his campaign team at his Abuja residence, the former Acting National Chairman of the APC said the party needs the Deputy Speaker more than the Deputy Speaker needs the party.
The Governor said,
“Experience is not studied in the university; it evolves from institutional participation and enthrenched ideas which you already have. For us, we know you will work based on experience because you are prepared more than any other.
“You didn’t need to come, I will work for you because to whom much is given, much is expected. You listened to us and stepped down when I was National Secretary even before the president, he knew about it and it is now time for us to reciprocate that your gesture; someone must step down down for you this time around.”
Another aspirant for the Speaker position, Aliyu Mukthar Betara, has vowed to continue to fight for the seat even if the party decides not to zone the position to the North East.
Betara, who spoke in a statement by his campaign group, Betara National Patriotic Mandate, said he was aware of “deft moves” by some influential leaders to zone the North-East out of the speakership race.
The statement signed by the national coordinator of the group, Mallam Maigari Al- Amin said,
“We are watching the events that are going on and we can see that some influential leaders are making deft moves to zone the northeast out the speakership race and hereby say that our principal, Betara, Insha Allah shall become the speaker because nobody can cow us and even convince us to stop this project. We shall fight on and win whether the party zones to north east or not.”