Khadija Abba Ibrahim

"My name is Khadija Waziri Bukar Ibrahim, I represent Damaturu, Tarmuwa, Gujiba, Gulani federal constituency from Yobe State. Mr Speaker, honorable colleagues, this indeed is an indispensible budget. I want to first and foremost commend the enthusiam of Mr. President, for representing the renewed hope. A budget which will go further like ever before in cementing micro economic stability, reducing deficitä, increasing capital spending and allocation to reflect the eight priority areas of the administration..."

"we can take male chauvinism out of our minds, a lot of things will work out positively for women in this country."

"We must not be taken as enemies of progress. We should be taken as friends of progress…whatever the situation, we must be seen to also have the guts and will power to see that we try and contest for such leadership elections."

"It will make our women folk proud that indeed a woman tried – a woman participated in the process of choosing leaders of both houses."

"We must ensure there is no crack where lizards and other reptiles can enter and spoil our relationship between the different factions, religions, parties and cultures and so on."

"We should consider our country first because it is hugely diverse in culture, religion and any aspect of society you are thinking about."

"We should not allow people to take advantage of the crack in the wall."