Kano: Speaker, Deputy, 20 other lawmakers resign from NNPP

By Musa Baba Adamu with agency report

Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Jibril Ismail Falgore, his Deputy, Muhammad Butu-Butu, the Majority Leader, Lawan Hussain, and 19 other lawmakers have resigned their membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP).
The lawmakers also declared their full support for Governor Abba Yusuf.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kamaludden Shawai, and made available to newsmen in Kano during the weekend.
According to him, those who resigned their membership of the NNPP included the Speaker of the House, the Deputy Speaker, the Majority Leader, the Deputy Majority Leader, Garba Fammar, and the Chief Whip, Muddasir Zawachiki.
Others were lawmakers representing constituencies such as Ajingi, Albasu, Bagwai/Shanono, Bebeji, Bunkure, Dawakin Kudu, Fagge, Gabasawa, Garko, Gwale, Karaye, Kura/Garun Malam, Madobi, Minjibir, Rano, Tarauni and Wudil.
Shawai said that a total of 22 members of the House were involved in the defection.
He added that the Kano State House of Assembly had verified and authenticated the list of the lawmakers as released.
The Assembly explained that the announcement was made to properly inform the public and clarify the political position of the affected lawmakers following the governor’s resignation from the NNPP.Decrying the cost of governance, Mr Tafawa-Balewa said that the National Assembly had been over-bloated and over-strained.
“I don’t think that we actually need that (bloated NASS). Maybe, we need very few representatives from the different systems that can now join the federal, a much slimmed-down federal body. I think it is over-bloated, especially in a country where the average citizen earns less than a dollar a day, and food is expensive, and just staying alive is so expensive,” he said.
Mr Tafawa-Balewa said that a new constitution for the country would simplify many things for the nation and promote a better relationship between the zones and the federal government.
He added, “If we have a new, different type of federation-a Nigerian type of federation-where there is equal opportunity for each zone to develop at their own pace, I think we will all be better.’’