Plateau State House of Assembly Speaker Gabriel Dewan has assured Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the support of the state legislators to enable him to succeed.
Dewan gave this assurance on Saturday at a reception in Mutfwang’s honor after the Supreme Court confirmed the governor’s election.
The speaker said that with the legal battle over, it was time for the government and legislators to work for the people of the state.
He called Mutfwang’s victory a victory for the people of Plateau.
“This is a victory for the State and, in fact, I want to use this medium to assure everyone that the time of politics is over.
“It is time to govern and I want to assure you that, for our part in the legislative arm and as presidents, we will spare no effort to ensure that you succeed.
“We will give the executive governor all the legislative support he wants to move the state forward.
“I am from the YPP, but Plateau’s interest is greater than any individual interest.
“I intend to unify Plateau and I want to assure everyone that today marks the beginning of a new Plateau,” he said.
Dewan, who said the legislature would work for the common good of all Plateau citizens, also assured the people that he had confidence in the governor’s ability to govern the state given his background.
“We have worked closely with the governor and I know that he is a governor who listens.
“I know he is a man with fear of God. “I know he is someone who will not discriminate against any ethnicity or religion,” he said.
Mr Dewan of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) was elected Speaker of the House on November 21, five days before the Court of Appeal sacked 16 PDP members of the House, handing control of the Assembly to the APC, which now has 22 members in the Assembly.
The court had also declared Governor Muftwang’s election invalid because his party had not held a valid state congress, but on Friday the Supreme Court overturned the ruling and said the governor was validly elected. (YAYA)