Matthew Kolawole Re-Elected As Speaker, Kogi State House Of Assembly

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH DELIVERED BY RT. HON. PRINCE M. O. KOLAWOLE, MEMBER REPRESENTING KABBA/BUNU CONSTITUENCY AT THE KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ELECTION AS THE 13TH HON. SPEAKER OF THE 7TH ASSEMBLY. THIS DAY 6TH JUNE 2019.

Protocols:

It is with heart full of joy and appreciation that I humbly accept my election as the 13th Hon. Speaker of the 7th Legislative Assembly. I give glory to the Almighty God that made it possible for this noble House to elect me to lead them as Speaker of the 7th Assembly. I will ever remain grateful to you all.

On behalf of myself, members of my family and the good people of Kabba/Bunu Constituency, I sincerely express my deep-rooted gratitude to the Distinguished Honourable Members of this 7th Legislative Assembly for finding me worthy to be elected as the Speaker of this noble House.

I pray that God will guide and protect us and He will give me the needed wisdom and knowledge to pilot the affairs of this noble House to an enviable height.

I want to sincerely thank His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State for his love, concern, commitments and unalloyed supports and cooperation to this noble House.

Also on behalf of the immediate past members of the 6th assembly, and the incoming Members of the 7th Assembly, I sincerely appreciate His Excellency for finding out time out of his tight schedules to attend this inauguration session.

My special thanks to members of the Kogi State Executive Council (Exco), my very good brother and friend Hon. Chief Edward David Onoja, the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kogi State, Chairman and other executive members of our great party, All Progressive Congress (APC) for their supports and contributions to my being elected as the Speaker of the 7th Assembly. May God grant you all good understanding to join His Excellency in piloting the affairs of our party and the state to a greater height.

To my lovely wife, children, friends and well-wishers, I say, I am very grateful for your prayers and encouragements, may God bless you all.

I also want to thank the Clerk and staffers of the Assembly, the Chairman and members of the Assembly Service Commission, my Legislative Aides, Security Agents, members of the Press, the good people of my constituency and other well-wishers for their supports and responsiveness to our calls at all times.

Finally, I am using this medium to promise that I will not let you down and also appealing to my esteem Honourable Colleagues to extend their hand of fellowship and cooperation to me and let us work as a team with collective spirit that will bring development to our constituents and Kogi State at large.

Let us embrace tolerance, peace and harmony, integrity, fairness and productivity so that nothing will impair our vision towards making good laws for the good governance and the socio-economic development of Kogi State.

Thank you all, God bless.




RT. HON. (PRINCE) MATHEW O. KOLAWOLE
Speaker

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