Jigawa State biggest export into the Speakership race of the 10th National Assembly, Abubakar Makki Yanlema on Tuesday said he joined the race to win big for democracy.
Makki Yanlema who addressed newsmen in Kano on Tuesday explained that his home state, Jigawa deserve to produced the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in the light of its contribution to APC’s victory in the just concluded 2023 General elections.
The soft spoken Yanlema said “in recent history of participatory democracy in Nigeria, Kano , Katsina, and Sokoto states from North west Nigeria have all produced the leadership of the 360 man National Assembly.
The top contender to the throne stated that ” considering role Jigawa state played to bring about the continuity of APC government, you will not but agree with me that this time around, Jigawa deserve to produced the next Speaker.”
Makki, a ranking member of the Green House made ii bare that he is not a surrogate in the race, as he expressed confidence that he would win the race.
Yanlema stressed “I have make it clear, that I’m not a surrogate in the race, I believe in my ability, and capacity to lead the 360 man Assembly, and iam in the race to win the trophy for Nigerian democracy.”
Abubakar Makki Yanlema who revealed that members of the National Assembly are one collective entity that work for the interest of Nigeria irrespective of party affiliation.H
He said “When it comes to politics in the House, we work for Nigeria, we look at ourselves as one irrespective of political affiliations all in the interests of nation building.”
The federal lawmaker who won a massive reelection to the Green chamber welcome high calibre aspirants currently jostling for the Speakership, adding that his pedigree would seen him tower above others in the race.
Makki who ruled out the possibility of stepping down for anyone, however pledged to work with the leadership of the party to ensure a credible candidate emerged by the end of the day.