KASTINA: As the new government comes the minds of his constituents by winning his return bid into the National Assembly as the member representing Jibia/Kaita Federal Constituency of Katsina State.
Apart from serving as Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, Hon Soli served on several committees, including: Privatization and Commercialization, Capital Market, Media and Public Affairs, Legislative Budget, Urban Development, Foreign Affairs, Inter-Parliamentary, Petroleum–Upstream, Aids, Loans and Debt Management.
From 2019 when he got re-elected into the 9th Assembly, Hon. Soli has served on the following committees: Agriculture, Production & Services, Federal Capital Territory, Banking and Currency, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Interior, Power, Works, Climate Change, Capital Market and Lake Chad.
Always rising to the occasion where national interest is involved, he was also appointed Chairman Ad hoc Committee on National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) to investigate the Non-Remittance of Contributions in the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) as well as Chairman Ad-hoc Committee on Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, to Investigate the Alleged Negligence by the Federal Ministries of Justice, and Petroleum Resources in the Handling of the Transaction between the Federal Government and the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited.
Because of his interventions in some important national assignments, he earned the sobriquet, as the task master from friends and admirers, as well as being a go-to-person in the House of Representatives engagements based on his institutional memory of that arm of government.
Other Ad-hoc Committees he served on are: Special Committee on Constitution Review, Unspent Fund, Electoral Act, Petroleum Bill, Power, Parliamentary Friendship Group (Nigeria and Cameroon), Assessment and Status of all Recovered Loots, Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002-2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective/Efficient Management and Utilization, Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Joint Venture (JV) Businesses and Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of NNPC from 1990.
Sada Soli has the pedigree, knowledge and experience to lead the House. If his party, the APC and other honorable members of the House consider him for the top job and give him the opportunity to emerge as the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly, Hon. Sada Soli will surely be a square peg in a square hole.
With a knack for cultivating goodwill and respect from his colleagues across party lines because of his simplicity and boundless generosity, it is evident that Hon. Soli can gracefully lead the House effectively with the kind of team spirit expected of legislative business.
Isa, a public affairs analyst, writes from Dutse, Jigawa state.
Credit : Blueprint
