10th House Speakership: Why Tajudeen Abbas?

Al-Maruff Ajibolu writes that Hon Tajudeen Abbas possesses the necessary legislative experience to serve as the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly.

The race to produce the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives is getting more interesting as the lifetime of the current 9th Assembly is gradually coming to an end .

The contest is interestingly throwing up different aspirants that are in their own rights deemed qualified. 

Interestingly, a few of the re-elected ranking members of the House of Representatives with geo-political advantage to succeed the current Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila have equally made their intentions known. However, the most outstanding of the lot is the lawmaker representing Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Hon.  Tajudeen Abass

What prospects does Abass holds for our national growth in our joints bids to redressing our not too palatable state of affairs by using stocks of Legislative tools?

Tajudeen Abbas, who has being adopted by the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the speakership of the House of Representatives has shown that he possesses all the needed qualities to be the next Speaker of the 10th Assembly.

Abass,  currently the House Committee Chairman for Land Transport, has convinced every of his colleagues that he is the best prepared and most qualified person to be the Speaker of the 10th Assembly.

He is enviably educated and eminently experienced to preside over the affairs of the House.

He has distinguished himself as the only federal lawmaker from the North-West who has thus far sponsored unprecedented 74 bills.

He is also the first in the history of democracy in Nigeria to have sponsored over such a number of bills and remain the first to have over 25 of his bills signed into law by the president, adding this can only be achieved by someone with the zeal and passion for his country’s greatness.

Abass speakership ambition has indeed been faithfully endorsed by several professional bodies and a large majority of the newly elected and re-elected members of the House of Representatives.

He also stands out as a man that is most suitable in character, experience and academic qualifications to preside over the House.

In Education, Hon Abass obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1988. He also in 1993 obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ahmadu Bello University and was later awarded his PhD in year 2010 in Business Management from the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto.

The federal lawmaker also has a very robust career trajectory that covers education, management and marketing.

He worked as a primary school teacher from 1981 to 1988 with the Education Department of Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He latter proceeded to Trust Acceptance Limited as an Investment Officer from 1988 to 1989. He also worked at the Bursary Department of Kaduna State Polytechnic as Accountant II in 1989.

-Ajibolu  writes from Abuja

Tajudeen later picked up interest in lecturing job as lecturer II and equally doubled as the pioneer Head of Department of Accounting and Finance Department of Kaduna State Polytechnic Zaria from 1989 to 1993.

He latter left the academic environment to pick up employment with the Nigeria Tobacco Distributions Company Plc, now known as British -American Tobacco as Area Marketing Manager from 1993 to 1998.

It is worth mentioning that Tajudeen came  back to the academics in 2001 when he served as the Head of Department and Senior lecturer in the Banking and Finance Department of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria till 2005.

He afterwards moved to the Kaduna State University, Kaduna in 2005 where he worked at the Accounting Department as Lecturer I and the pioneer Head of Department until year 2010.

The 59 year-old Abass Tajudeen is a man that is awesomely cool, calm, calculated and highly experienced in the business of lawmaking.

He has served in various committees of the House of Representatives that include National Planning and Economic Development, Public Procurement, Defence, Social Duties, Finance and Commerce.

The Iyan Zazzau also served as the Vice Chairman of the Legislative Compliance Committee from May 2011 to May 2015.

The highly resourceful Kaduna born lawmaker no doubt is a man of impeccable character and his moral standing as well as intellect depth is far beyond any trace.

He thus can be referred to a product that can market itself.

Meanwhile, as the region deserves the speaker because of the number of lawmakers-elect from there and large number of votes it gave the party during the 25 February presidential election, it is now expected that Hon. Abass will occupy the apex seat at the Green Legislative chamber of Nigeria.

Evidently it is obvious that he has enough infrastructure to preside over the affairs of the 10th House of Representatives.

-Ajibolu  writes from Abuja