Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara has
\ncommended President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the Economic Community
\nof West African States for the role they played in averting major
\npolitical crisis in the Gambia.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Sunday<\/span><\/span>, by his Special Adviser on Media & Public The speaker said that the leaders masterfully deployed diplomacy backed “The leaders have demonstrated their readiness and strong resolve to “This would send strong signal to the world that democracy has come to The \u00a0speaker maintained that inspite of any misgivings about democracy and Dogara said that the task ahead of African leaders is to fashion ways of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the Economic Community of West African States for the role they played…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAffairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, \u00a0Dogara, said President \u00a0Buhari and his
\ncolleagues have averted a major political crisis that could have engulfed
\nnot only the Gambia but the entire West African sub region.<\/p>\n
\nwith potential military action to compell former Gambian dictator Yahya
\nJammeh to relinquish power to President Adama Barrow.<\/p>\n
\ndefend democracy on the continent.”<\/p>\n
\nstay in Africa. There is no room any longer for tyrants and dictators in
\nthe continent”, he said.<\/p>\n
\nit’s impact on the lives of the people, it still remains the best form of
\ngovernment and that “The will of the people and the consent of the
\ngoverned \u00a0remains the only \u00a0basis of any government.”<\/p>\n
\nmaking the system better \u00a0to deliver the greatest good to the greater
\nnumber of people in order to enthrone good government, defeat poverty,
\nengender patriotism and trust in the democratic system of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"