PDP yet to take position on NASS leadership

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said its leadership and elected federal legislators under the party have not taken any official position on who to lend support for the position of presiding officers of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

According to a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, it National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja, 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.

It said the party is still consulting with its members-elect and no official position has been taken on the issue, particularly as the 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.

It added: “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 purposeful leadership that will ensure accountability and good governance in the polity.”

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The averred that the PDP, as a party committed to the wellbeing of the nation, will remain focused in its determination to rescue the nation from the incompetent system and therefore urged Nigerians to discountenance such reports suggesting that its lawmakers have settled for a particular aspirant of any presiding officer in the National Assembly.