Can you all see why they don’t speak? – Actress Hilda Dokubo reacts to trending video of Nigerian House of Reps member struggling to move a motion during plenary

Actress Hilda Dokubo has reacted to a trending video of a member of the House of Representatives struggling to move a motion during plenary. 

The video showed the lawmaker struggling to pass his message coherently. He was trying to rescind a motion but struggled to put his words together. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, could be heard correcting him and helping him on how to put his thoughts together.

Posting the video on her page and reacting to it, Dokubo wrote;

‘’Can we all give him a big round of applause.Kai! Can you all see why they don’t speak? Why those of us who can speak, annoy them?. See what a member of the house of representatives is doing to his people. Let me go and sleep bikonu”

Can we all give him a big round of applause.Kai! Can you all see why they don’t speak? Why those of us who can speak, annoy them?. See what a member of the house of representatives is doing to his people. Let me go and sleep bikonu pic.twitter.com/ch0QLPId3P

— Hilda Dokubo (@dokubohilda) April 10, 2025