The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, on Wednesday morning, congratulated Hon Tajudeen Abbas on his emergence as Speaker of the House.
Wase, who contested against Abbas, while thanking members who voted for him, those who did not and others who wanted him but voted for someone else, also explained why he contested for the office of Speaker despite the choice of Abbas by his party, the All Progressives Congress {APC}.
Wase, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said: “I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu on their election as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the 10th House of Representatives. Although we were on different sides of the political space, we have, nevertheless, always acknowledged that we were all partners in the project of deepening our parliamentary democracy.
