{"id":437130,"date":"2011-06-06T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T23:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/let-us-review-our-federation-%e2%80%93-tambuwal\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T23:55:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T23:55:12","slug":"let-us-review-our-federation-tambuwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/let-us-review-our-federation-tambuwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Let us review our federation \u2013 Tambuwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"99.5\">\n<p>By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE &#038; HENRY UMORU<\/p>\n<p>ABUJA\u2014NEWLY elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, called for a review of the Nigerian federation.<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal who said the post election and sectional violence and other crises have sought to tear the nation apart and plant distrust and disunity among the people said:\u00a0 \u201cWe should review how we federate as a nation with the aim of achieving more cumulative efficiencies in the federating units, based on comparative endowment advantages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the people\u2019s representatives, we must heal our people and heal our nation. We must work to redeem the efforts of our political predecessors and we must work to redeem Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164708\" title=\"Tambuwal\" src=\"http:\/\/vml1.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Tambuwal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the 7th National Assembly, Rep. Taminu Waziri Tambuwal taking oath of office while Clerk National Assembly Alhj. Salisu Maikasuwa and others look on during Swearing in of 7th National Assembly in Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe acknowledge that the dignity and integrity of this honourable House have been called to question, we must possess the humility that commands introspection and accept responsibility for our failures and ask Nigerians for forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker said that \u201cmindful of lessons of the past, we will open a new chapter and commence a new era responsibility in all endeavours and we will be responsive, transparent and accountable in all we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku congratulates Mark, Tambuwal<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, said, yesterday, that the election of Senate President, David Mark and Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has given fresh hopes that the entrenchment of democratic values and ethos was still possible in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from his Media office, Atiku commended the peaceful and orderly nature of the process, adding that the National Assembly members have by their enviable conduct, showed themselves as \u201csoldiers of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he was particularly encouraged by the pan-Nigerian voting that characterised the elections of the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly, adding: \u201cWith the pattern of pan-Nigerian voting adopted by legislators in electing their leaders, there is hope that a new day beckons for deepening democratic values and ethos in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said the lesson to be learnt from the process that produced the National Assembly leaders was that transparency, independent opinion and courage were essential ingredients of an enduring democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part: \u201cThe former Vice President commended the legislators for the maturity and zeal they showed in choosing their own leaders and urged them to sustain and extend that same sense of purpose and political maturity in the service of the nation and the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/06\/let-us-review-our-federation-tambuwal\/\" title=\"Let us review our federation \u2013 Tambuwal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let us review our federation \u2013 Tambuwal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE &#038; HENRY UMORU ABUJA\u2014NEWLY elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, called for a review of the Nigerian federation. Tambuwal who said the post election and sectional violence and other crises have sought to tear the nation apart and plant distrust and disunity among the people said:\u00a0 \u201cWe should review how we federate as a nation with the aim of achieving more cumulative efficiencies in the federating units, based on comparative endowment advantages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Let us review our federation \u2013 Tambuwal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/let-us-review-our-federation-tambuwal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Let us review our federation \u2013 Tambuwal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE &amp; HENRY UMORU ABUJA\u2014NEWLY elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, called for a review of the Nigerian federation. 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