EDUOW Calls For Resignation of Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase

By The9jaTrend

Edo Dynasty United Organization Worldwide (EDUOW) has called on the deputy speaker of Nigeria House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase to resign for declaring that Nigerians in the Diaspora are stateless and irrelevant in the political affairs of the country.

President and Founder of the Organisation, Comrade Brown Ehigie Osenwengie condemned the development and call for the resignation of the deputy speaker who was presiding over the sitting while Speaker Femi Gbajiamila was away.

The deputy spesker, Ahmed Idris Wase refused to entertain hearing of petition from Nigerians in Diaspora who are equal stakeholders in the affairs of the country.

Comrade Osenwengie said, "Americans in the Diaspora are allowed  to participate in the voting process. Are Nigerians in the Diaspora less human? Perhaps, the speaker of the house should answer that question in all the National Newspapers.

     Comrade Brown Ehigie Osenwengie               Founder/President, Edo Dynasty           United Organization Worldwide (EDUOW) 

"We are going to be asking for signatories across the world to have Deputy Speaker  Ahmed Idris Wase petition. He should note that Nigerians in the Diaspora remittances to Nigeria is over USD20 billion.

"Recently, while the green chamber was in session, Hon. Mark Terseer Gbillah from Benue State who was presenting a petition at the floor of the House was disrupted by Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase in the introductory part while seeking for the House approval for further action on the presentation.

"Deputy Speaker  didn’t want to even listen at all because some group outside Nigeria are concerned over the economic state of things. We know the game plan", he emphasized.

The Deputy Speaker who severally interrupted  Hon. Gbillah did not allow for details of the petition on ground that Nigerians living abroad has no locus standi to interfere or contribute to the workings of the nation back home.

All effort by Hon. Gbillah to press on with the presentation was frustrated by the  deputy speaker who insisted that the matter cannot be entertained because it did not come from homeland.

Hon. Gbillah however pointed out that the House has a standing Committee on diaspora affairs who ought to be allowed to look into the matter at the committee stage but the deputy speaker insisted that the purpose for such committee was to oversee issues affecting Nigerians living abroad and not for them to interfere on issues happening at home.