Deputy Speaker, other Reps delegation visit Sokoto over Danbuga’s demise

By Yemi Itodo

The House of Representatives has sent a delegation led by the Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu to Sokoto to comiserate with the government and people of Sokoto state over the demise of Member representing Sabon Birni/Isa Federal Constituency, Alhaji Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga.

Danbuga died in the early hours of Wednesday upon admission at an hospital, after a brief illness.

The House consequently adjourned Wednesday’s plenary in his honour.

The deputy speaker who led the high powered delegation to Sokoto on Thursday, said the entire House was shocked and pained over the loss of the Member whom he described as “dedicated and committed Legislator”.

According to him, the deceased had a short but memorable stay in the House.

He assured that the House would not abandon his family as everything possible would be done to assist them wherever the need arises.

Kalu used the opportunity to acknowledge the effort of the current administration in the state for executing viable projects within one hundred days in office.

According to him, “executing over one hundred viable projects within one hundred days in office, despite the financial crises inherited, is worthy of commendations”.

This, he said, could only be achieved through focused and determined leadership, while urging the government to sustain the tempo for the progress of the state.

Responding, the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Idris Mohammed Gobir, thanked the delegation for the condolence visit.

Alhaji Gobir described the deceased as a person who has the interest of his people at heart.

The Deputy governor said the late Legislator has lived a life worthy of emulations.

The Deputy Governor appreciated the recognition of the current administration’s effort towards providing dividend of democracy as attested by the Deputy Speaker, Kalu.

He pledged that the Governor Ahmed Aliyu administration would never relent in its efforts to moving the state forward.