The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that its
leadership and elected federal legislators have not taken any
official position on who to support for the position of presiding
officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The party’s position is predicated on reports in a section of
the media suggesting that its members-elect in the House of
Representatives have settled for a particular aspirant as the new
Speaker.
A statement Sunday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola
Ologbondiyan, said the party was still consulting with its
members-elect and no official position has been taken on the
issue.
It reiterated its position that positions of presiding officers
are not the exclusive preserve of the ruling party or any other
party for that matter, but a constitutional right of every elected
lawmaker in their respective chambers.
The statement said: “Moreover, the PDP has an array of elected
lawmakers, in both chambers, who are eminently qualified and
equally popular among their colleagues, across the divide, to hold
office as presiding officers of both chambers of the National
Assembly, in line with Section 50 of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended).
“What is important to Nigerians is the emergence of a purposeful
leadership that will ensure accountability and good governance in
the polity.
“The PDP, as a party committed to the wellbeing of our nation,
will remain focused in our determination to rescue our nation from
incompetent system and therefore urges Nigerians to discountenance
such reports suggesting that our lawmakers have settled for a
particular aspirant for any presiding office in the National
Assembly”.
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