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| Hon. Aniekan Bassey |
The Member Representing Uruan State
Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon. Aniekan Bassey has
stated why he didn’t emerge as the Speaker of the assembly after the Court of
Appeal sacked immediate past Speaker, Hon. Aniekan Uko. In an interview with
newsmen recently in his office, the businessman cum politician said the issue
of him emerging Speaker of AKHA was purely speculative. Read below some
excerpts from the interview:
“The issue of me being a Speaker was
speculative. People thought since the Speakership position was zoned to Uyo Senatorial
District, that I should emerge the speaker. So it was based on assumption that
Uyo Federal Constituency should produce the speaker because the immediate past
speaker was from Uyo Federal Constituency (Ibesikpo Asutan to be precise). People
thought either Uruan, Uyo or Nsit Attai should produce the Speaker. But speakership
is more than that. You have to look at capacity and you have to look at what we
are facing at this particular time. I believe that the Speaker that we have is
the best for the moment. He has the capacity. He is a former Students Union
president and former Speaker of the Nigerian Youth Parliament. He has the
capacity to lead us at this time.
“I’m someone who believes in results, I believe
in capacity, he has the capacity to be the Speaker and I support him wholly. We
(Uyo Federal Constituency) are very happy with his style of leadership. His predecessor,
Aniekan Uko was very good, he was a good leader but God knows why it had to
happen the way it happened and a new Speaker, in the person of Rt. Hon. Onofiok
Luke has emerged. He has the requisite experience having been in the 5th
Assembly and this is his second term in the House of Assembly. So at this point
in time experience matters. So we had to shelve whatever individual and
sectional interest we had and we went for the best. I believe Rt. Hon. Onofiok
Luke will not disappoint us. He has started on a very good note. He is a crowd
puller, he is loved by many, he is a popular choice. The issue of me being a
speaker was just speculative.”
…Full interview to be published later
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