Commonwealth awards Yakubu Dogara

– Yakubu Dogara was awarded by the Royal Commonwealth Society Nigeria

– The speaker of the House of Representatives received Commonwealth Ambassador’s Award for leading the legislators to pass 130 bills in a day

– Abdullahi Faruk, the vice president of the association, expressed hope that Dogara would continue to deliver for the good of Nigerians

Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of the House of Representatives, was awarded by the Royal Commonwealth Society Nigeria on Thursday, March 10.

The Nation reports that Dogara received Commonwealth Ambassador’s Award for leading the legislators to pass 130 bills in a day.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a total of 130 bills passed first reading at the House of Representatives on December 10, 2015.

Speaking at the 2016 Commonwealth Day celebration in Abuja, Abdullahi Faruk, the vice president of the association, noted that the feat was novel.

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“We looked at the antecedents of the person of Yakubu Dogara, how he has taken the mantle of legislative leadership.

“We looked at how he has, for the very first time, introduced over 100 bills in one day for the legislators to deliberate for the good of Nigerians.

“We looked at the feat, it is an all-inclusive kind of governance for Nigerian people and he deserved that recognition and that is why the Commonwealth gave him that recognition,” he said.

Faruk expressed hope that the speaker would continue to deliver for the good of Nigerians.

Nnenna Ukeje-Elendu, the chairperson of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who represented Dogara, told journalists that the country had benefitted a lot from its membership of the Commonwealth.

“The Commonwealth gives us another opportunity and platform where we can converse about Nigeria outside of the United Nations and other international organisations that we belong to.

“This opportunity is such that grows and emancipates our people and deepens our democracy,” she said.

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Ukeje-Elendu expressed optimism that Nigeria, which is the largest country and the largest economy in Africa, was recognized and affirmed by international institutions.

“The Commonwealth is an association of people who have filial, historical affinities and is a platform where we can actually speak on the issues that matter to us most.

“These issues are freedom, gender equality, global and security, and bridging the gap of poverty, diversification, creating platform for trade and to speak about the things that affect us,” she added.

Dogara has recently received in audience the Sudanese ambassador to Nigeria, Ibrahim Busha, in his office in Abuja.

During the meeting, he said that poor leadership is responsible for the underdevelopment of the African continent. He also criticized African leaders have for their  reliance on foreign aid.

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