Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, has insisted that the N8,000 palliatives earmarked for poor households would trickle down to the masses and achieve results.
According to Ihonvbere, politicians will not be allowed to hijack the process of distributing the funds to vulnerable Nigerians.
Ihonvbere, represented by his special assistant, Aisabora Edore, stated these during the formal inauguration of the Uhonmora Community Association, Abuja Chapter, on Monday, July 17.
“Those who have the responsibility to ensure that the palliatives trickle down must understand that the fight they saw at the polls was as a result of the fact that those who are supposed to benefit from the largesse of government don’t also get it, so, if you do what you are not supposed to do in four years you will account for it,” he said.
“I am sure this time the House of Representatives is not a single party leadership; there are other opposition parties, so it is going to be a lot more robust and balanced this time and what we had in the 9th assembly.”
He also spoke on chairmanship of House committees which has always generated mixed feelings from dissatisfied members.
“Somebody expects to be a speaker and he is not the speaker, tomorrow he is not going to be happy with what the speaker is doing completely. So if I want to be in a certain committee and I didn’t get it those who got it will be happy and those who didn’t get it will not be happy,” he added.
He consequently commended the group on its inauguration adding that it is a rare community development step towards achieving a common goal.
“It is rare these days especially when people are even busier than having to carry out their responsibilities. The economy today doesn’t allow you to do anything for yourself or for you to relax even with people from your community or even other associations but when you have people who are committed to community leadership, growth, and development it doesn’t take whatever distance for them to come together and have to fellowship with each other, especially for a thing like this, it takes the spirit of growth of having that mindset to get together and discuss what will advance the interest of the communities,” he stated.
