Majalisar Dattijai ta Nijeriya ta gudanar da taron valedektori a ranar Alhamis domin girmama tsohon Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai, marigayi Dr. Joseph Wayas. Wayas ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai daga shekarar 1979 zuwa 1983, a lokacin mulkin tsohon Shugaban Nijeriya, Alhaji Shehu Shagari.
Wayas ya mutu a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 2021, a Landan yana da shekaru 80, bayan doguwar jinya. An haife shi a ranar 21 ga Mayu, 1941. Taron valedektori ya gudana shekaru uku bayan mutuwarsa, saboda tsawaita wa’adin binne.
A taron, manyan ‘yan majalisar dattijai sun yi wa Wayas yabo mai zafi, suna nuna gudunmawar sa a matsayin shugaban siyasa. Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai, Godswill Akpabio, ya bayyana Wayas a matsayin “trailblazer who brought glamour and candour to the legislature after years of military rule.” Akpabio ya nuna cewa ‘yan majalisar dattijai na lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu sun fuskanci matsaloli wajen sake gina tsarin mulki bayan shekaru da mulkin soja.
Deputy Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai, Sen. Barau Jibrin, ya nuna darussan kishin kashi da kadaici daga karni na Wayas. “Most of the politicians of that era served selflessly and didn’t see any need to amass wealth by soiling their names with corruption,” Jibrin ya ce. Ya kara da cewa, ‘yan siyasa na lokacin Wayas sun yi aiki a matsayin amana, wanda ya sa hajarta da hukumar yaki da cin hanci na rashawa ba ta zama dole ba.
Tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Bayelsa, Sen. Seriake Dickson, ya yaba Wayas saboda yin kira da kawo hadin kan Nijeriya da kuma neman haƙƙin yankin Neja Delta. “He belonged to a generation that rendered selfless service to this country. He was a great family man and servant of the people, who served man and God in his lifetime,” Dickson ya ce.
