The 9th Assembly in Plateau State has ended, but the echoes of the leadership crisis that rocked the legislature live on in the 10th House of Assembly.
Nuhu Ayuba Abok, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, who was impeached and later returned following the judgement of the State High Court, alongside other members of the 9th Assembly recently recounted their ugly experiences while contributing to the greater development of Plateau State as legislators in the last four years of the immediate administration of former Governor Simon Lalong.
Abok noted that despite the crisis that rocked the 9th Assembly, the legislators discharged their responsibilities well considering the achievements recorded in the autonomy for the legislative and the judicial arms of government in the state despite the forces against them.
He equally discussed his regrets as the Speaker of the 9th Plateau State House of Assembly.
He said, “I had the mindset that I came with to work for the betterment of people and progress of Plateau State which I stood and fought gallantly for. Today, I have no regret whatsoever for standing for what I believe in.
I stood for fairness, I stood for justice and I equally will say the entire 9th Assembly fought gallantly because we made achievements in so many things. We were able to achieve the autonomy of this arm of government and the judiciary which to me is a key achievement because those are what the two arms of government have been fighting for over the years.
“Yes, we were punished because of those things but of course as human beings, we learn in the process of our living. So, we learned from those experiences. I will always appreciate the good people of Plateau State, the Journalists, the civil society organisations (CSOs) and the people of Nigeria.”
