Mohammed Shosanya
The Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency in Zamfara State has begun moves to recall a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji over alleged insensitivity and clueless representation in the House of Representatives.
In a statement signed by the group’s Chairman, Bello Mahmud Birnin Magaji, and the Secretary, Comrade Mustapha Ibrahim, the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji federal constituency coalition for sustainable democracy, said that the recall process became necessary following Jaji’s suspension by the Birnin Magaji Ward Executive of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which was upheld by the Birnin Magaji local government area executive and ratified by the APC State Working Committee in Zamfara State.
Disclosing that henceforth the lawmaker ceases to be a card carrying member of the party in his ward, local government and state respectively, the statement revealed that so far mobilisation of registered voters’ signatures in the two local government areas has begun in accordance with the provisions of section 69 of the 1999 Constitution.
The cited section of the constitution stated that “A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if “there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member.
The petition is thereafter, in a referendum conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission within ninety days of the date of receipt of the petition, approved by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency.”
It further lamented “our two local government areas are among the areas mostly affected by frequent attacks of armed bandits, many people have been killed, kidnapped for ransom, cattle rustled, houses and property worth millions of naira burnt down, while many people are internally displaced from their communities in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Sakajiki, Kasuwar Daji, Rututu, Kurya Madaro, Dogon Kade, Kungurki, Sabon Garin, Kiyawa, Danisa and in Birnin Magaji local government area respectively.
“Also many people are kidnapped for ransom, houses, shops were burnt down, many killed, many others are displaced from their communities and towns in Gora, Chigama, Shamushalle, Billashe, Modomawa, Nasarawa Mailayi, Sabon Birnin Danalli and Birnin Magaji town.
Hon. Jaji has never thought it appropriate to visit the internally displaced persons to sympathise with them let alone providing relief materials to alleviate their sufferings.”
It accused the member, House of Representatives of corruption and diversion of constituency projects for personal enrichment, non fulfillment of the electoral promises and other “sundry behaviours unbecoming of a lawmaker.
Factionalisation of the party executives, supporting opponents of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in demarketing his policies and administration in the North.”
This is as it pointed out that the performance of the lawmaker was below expectation, as he has allegedly failed in providing good representation for the constituency.
“Jaji lacks the political sagacity and tenacity of purpose required of a lawmaker representing a state under bandits’ siege.
“We call on all lovers of democracy, good governance, security and effective representation in the National Assembly to come out en masse and endorse the recall of Hon. Aminu Jaji from the House of Representatives. It is a patriotic duty and a giant step forward in rescuing our constituency from further slide to insecurity, anarchy, lawlessness
“We made a mistake by electing Hon. Jaji who uses our mandate to work against his constituency and APC at all levels while hobnobbing with the ruling PDP in the state where he has concluded plan to defect after destabilising our great party.
“As democrats and grassroots politicians, we shall resist reactionary forces bent on undermining our constituency. Hon. Jaji must be recalled from the House of Representatives to pave way for a competent, capable, reliable, pragmatic, visionary, resourceful and compassionate lawmaker. Join us to recall him now,” it added.
