President Tinubu Congratulates Speaker Abbas on His 60th Birthday

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu extends his warm wishes to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, as he celebrates his 58th birthday on Nigeria’s Independence Day.

The President’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.

The President joins in the happiness of Nigerians and global well-wishers as they commemorate the Prince of Zazzau Emirate on his special day.

President Tinubu lauded significant achievements of the Speaker recalling that Rt.Hon. Abbas holds the distinction of sponsoring the highest number of bills during the 8th Assembly from 2015 to 2019.

Furthermore, in the 9th Assembly from 2019 to 2023, he broke records by introducing an impressive 74 bills, with 21 of them being successfully signed into law.

The Nigerian leader notes that the Speaker had equally served in numerous Committees in the House, such as Commerce, Finance, Special Duties, Defence, Public Procurement, amongst others, before emerging as the House Speaker through an election which recorded the greatest winning coalition vote in Nigerian Speakership election history, with an overwhelming majority of 353 votes out of 359 votes cast.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will continue to grant Speaker Abbas greater wisdom and strength as the Speaker successfully sustains the worthy legacy of stable and productive leadership in the House of Representatives in determined pursuit of the actualization of the Renewed Hope agenda of the governing All Progressives Congress Party.