Comply with directives of new speaker, Group urges Zamfara Gov

A group, the Save Zamfara Coalition (SZC), has urged Governor Dauda Lawal to recognise the newly elected leadership of the Zamfara State House of Assembly. This comes on the heels of recent political developments in the state assembly, where ten lawmakers previously suspended in February 2024 reconvened in Gusau, electing a new speaker and calling […]

A group, the Save Zamfara Coalition (SZC), has urged Governor Dauda Lawal to recognise the newly elected leadership of the Zamfara State House of Assembly.

This comes on the heels of recent political developments in the state assembly, where ten lawmakers previously suspended in February 2024 reconvened in Gusau, electing a new speaker and calling for the resubmission of the 2025 budget.

In a statement signed by Comrade Haruna Mohammed, President of the coalition, and Mallam Shagari Ibn Nazir, Secretary General, the group lauded the courage of the ten lawmakers to elect Bashir Aliyu Gummi as the new Speaker of the Assembly.

“These lawmakers are the true defenders of democracy. For too long, the Assembly under the previous leadership served as a rubber stamp. That charade is over. Zamfara now has a new speaker — chosen by the majority — and the governor has no choice but to comply,” the group said.

The coalition emphasised that the decision of the ten lawmakers was not just lawful, but morally imperative in the face of what it called “the systematic destruction of democratic institutions in the state”.

“Let it be clear: the election of Hon. Bashir Gummi as Speaker follows due parliamentary process. Any refusal by Governor Lawal to recognise this leadership amounts to a constitutional breach — one that will be resisted by every legal and civil means available to us,” they said.