Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, has welcomed his 28th child.
In response to a congratulations letter from House Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa revealed his 28th child was put to bed in the last 24 hours during plenary on Tuesday, January 25.
Because he is in his 50s and still active, the APC congressman who represents Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency and has four wives revealed that he plans to expand the number of his children to 30 before the 2023 elections.
He said, “This is no longer news. It is no longer news because this thing happened in the last 24 hours. It is true that my beloved family has gotten an additional one person. It is a baby girl. Bouncing.
“The mother and the baby are hale hearty. The husband is still active. I am here. And I thank God that I kept my word with the House that while I had 27 I promised you that I would continue counting. I want by the grace of God and your prayers that the count would continue.”
Doguwa also joked about enacting legislation that would allow families with 30 children to have their own polling unit.
He added, “Now that we are considering the Electoral Act amendment, I would also when we get to the floor perhaps in the Committee of the Whole, I would appeal to my members so that we suspend relevant rules and we have a clause in the Electoral Act where it permits families that do have up to 30 kids in their homes to have an electoral polling unit in that family.”
Speaker Femi Gbajbiamila questioned if he was working on a polling unit at his house. Ado-Doguwa replied, “At least between now and 2023 before the elections comes, if you allow that, then I would have a polling unit within my home.”
