Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has disclaimed reports that he is under pressure to resign his office.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Imam Imam, Tambuwal described a story to the effect published in a daily as untrue.
“For all intents and purposes, this is part of a larger campaign to smear the person and integrity of the Number Four Citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” read the statement.
“The story did not come as a surprise considering that it is one in a line of similar fabricated stories dished out about Tambuwal by Pilot Newspaper for some time now.
“While we don’t want to believe that the owners of the newspaper have allowed their platform to be used for a smear campaign on the legislature and its principal officers, we are constrained to say that allowing falsehood to be published in the guise of truth takes seeking-relevance (by the paper) too far.”
Tambuwal assured Nigerians that the leadership of the House of Representatives is ever focused on delivering its constitutional mandate and will not be distracted by the antics of those who have something to hide. He also reiterated his decision and that of his colleagues not to resign their appointments and not to allow themselves to be distracted from their stated goals.
