Guardian NG
Rep. Ahmed Wase, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives says no lawmaker has been converted to Islam since he and the Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila emerged.
Both Gbajabiamila and Wase are Muslim
Wase said this when a group, Asiwaju’s Pact with Citizens Campaign 2023 (APCC2023) paid a courtesy call on the deputy speaker in Abuja on Friday.
He said that politics was about development, which according to him “has to do with what you can do and offer, but not about sentiment, which does not work’’.
He said that APC was on a good course with the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Presidential candidate of the party.
“A journalist some days ago when myself and my colleagues went to congratulate the vice president (Insha Allah in 2023) asked me whether we have any issues regarding Muslim-Muslim ticket and my answer was that we have the same here in the house.
“The speaker and I are Muslims and I do not know how many of our members have been converted so far to other religions, our priority is about giving the people the dividends of democracy.
“I am from Plateau State, I know we have very good percentage of Muslims there, but who is going to give us peace should be our concern not who is going to divide us.”
He said the Senate had had both Senate President and Deputy Senate President as Christians for eight good years and there was no rancour…
