Posted by By JAMES OJO, Abuja on
Champions of the third term agenda in the House of Representatives have started wearing a badge as symbol of identity, reminiscent of the Abacha days.
Champions of the third term agenda in the House of Representatives have started wearing a badge as symbol of identity, reminiscent of the Abacha days.
Although, leader of the third term group, Halims Agoda, did not wear the badge on Tuesday, his colleagues in the campaign, Mercy Alumona-Isei and Independence Ogunnewe, wore the badge that has the colour of the national flag as background with third term imposed on a red mark.
In a convivial mood at a briefing to drum support for Speaker Aminu Bello Masari, the lawmakers openly displayed the badge as they slammed their colleagues who questioned the judgment of the speaker on a motion concerning President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Speaker Masari had incurred the wrath of some members over the handling of the motion for vote of confidence on President Obasanjo and the National Assembly for the speedy passage of the 2006 appropriation bill in a record time.
Agoda lambasted members threatening the speaker with impeachment over the passage of the money bill for 2006, calling them misguided members with legislative rascality.
'Any person or group of persons in the House of Representatives who is entertaining the thought of impeaching the Speaker is merely on an exercise in day-dream or better still, engaging in a futile venture as the majority know that such a plan is borne out of frustration," he declared.
According to him, the much touted numerical strength of the other group was a figment of warped imagination, adding that there was no way they could muster any significant number to cause any harm and sway the House from its noble objectives.
He told members who could not accept the verdict of the vote of confidence on Obasanjo to embrace democratic principles that the minority would have their say, while the majority would have their way.
The group declared an unflinching support and confidence in the speaker for relying on the Standing Orders of the House to rule on the motion objectively.