HOW DICKSON MOBILIZED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE JONATHAN ACTING PRESIDENT- TAMBUWAL
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson (l) welcomes Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of State to Bayelsa State
The Governor of Sokoto, the Rt. Hon.
Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday gave insight into how former President Goodluck
Jonathan became Acting President through the popular Doctrine òf Necessity.
Tambuwal said that the Governor of
Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat
of the tension that followed the incapacitation and death of former President
Umoru Yar’Adua, in 2010, to work out the process that culminated in the
emergence of Jonathan as Acting President.
A statement by Governor Dickson’s
Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that Tambuwal
spoke during a condolence visit to the country home of Governor Dickson, Toru
Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
Tambuwal said that Dickson persuaded
him to accept the plan to make Jonathan Acting President in the interest of
national unity which he obliged as the then leader of the North West caucus in
the House òf Representatives.
According to him, the two governors
who were both members of the House of Representatives, collaborated to draft
the document that paved the way for Jonathan to be made the Acting President of
Nigeria.
He stressed that Dickson took
advantage of his membership of the National Assembly to play several major
roles in stabilizing the country.
He said, “God has elevated you to
become Attorney General òf Bayelsa, then a member of the National Assembly and
now Governor of Bayelsa State. And even in the National Assembly, you played
several major roles that helped to stabilize this great country.
“I remember very well when we had to
collaborate with you and work with you to ensure that our dear brother and
leader, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was made the Acting President of the
Federal Republic òf Nigeria.
“To those of you who may not be
aware, my brother and friend approached me being the leader of the North West
to say my brother, we have to do this in the national interest and I agreed
with him. And both of us agreed and drafted that resolution that made Goodluck
Jonathan the acting President of the Federal Republic òf Nigeria.
“So it is not today that my brother
Dickson and I have been working to stabilize this country. You are a great son
of the country, you are a great son of this community, you are a great son of
the Federal Republic òf Nigeria.”
The Sokoto State Governor said that
the late Mrs. Gold Coast lived well and left behind great legacies as
represented by the governor, his exemplary performance in governance and his
siblings.
In his remarks, Dickson said that he
and his Sokoto counterpart had had years of productive collaboration in
building bridges and strengthening the unity of the country.
He thanked Tambuwal for the show of
solidarity, the honour and the sacrifice of paying the visit to his country
home in spite of his tight schedule.
He restated the decision of the
Dickson family to establish a cancer awareness centre in honour of the memory
of his late mother to prevent avoidable deaths from the deadly disease.
Dickson, who described Tambuwal as an
illustrious son who had indicated interest in the leadership of the country,
noted that the only way to halt the ravages of cancer was regular screening,
early detection and treatment.
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