By SundiataPOST, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said the news of the death of the Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Haruna Tsokwa, came to him as a rude shock, saying it was a painful loss that will take long time to heal.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal said the deceased lived an examplary life of dedication and commitment to duty.
According to him, the late Speaker was a patriotic Nigerian whose commitment to the development and independence of the legislature will be greatly missed especially by his colleagues in the Taraba State House of Assembly.
Tambuwal said late Tsokwa combined family life and his duties as a public servant in a commendable manner, and prayed to Almighty God to give his family, the people of Taraba State and Nigerians as a whole the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.