A member of the 8th House of Rep has said that reconciling
all the aggrieved members in the House and the senate considering the vitriolic
nature of the campaigns that brought them to office.
The member said it behoves the two new leaders in the
National Assembly to go to the party hierarchy and reconcile with them first
before thinking of reconciling with aggrieved members in the House. The member
who insisted in not getting his name mentioned in the press said it was wrong
for the duo of Saraki and Dogara to go against the stand of the party insisting
that their actions was a treacherous one which must be condemned by loyal party
men.
He said as a party that gave them mandate, it was wrong for
both of them to have
in the Senate. He
said Nigerians must discountenance such information because it was not correct.
brought the party and the President to such ridicule by conspiring with an
opposition party to rise to power.
On the other hand a member of the Yakubu Dogara group Hon. Abdulrahman Tehrab has disagreed with the position of some members who feel that the reconcilliation process will be difficult. Hon. Tehrab while speaking to PARLIAMENTARY INFO said reconciliation ought not be difficult considering the fact that the new leadership in the House is an open minded one. He said he was very hopeful that the Speaker will carry every interest along not minding if they voted or did not vote for him.
Hon Tehrab said the events that led to the election of House Principal officers in 2011 was more fierce than what transpired this Tuesday. He said if the leadership then could unite the House and reconcile it then it is possible that the House this time around will be better reconciled by the Dogara leadership.
On the other hand a member of the Yakubu Dogara group Hon. Abdulrahman Tehrab has disagreed with the position of some members who feel that the reconcilliation process will be difficult. Hon. Tehrab while speaking to PARLIAMENTARY INFO said reconciliation ought not be difficult considering the fact that the new leadership in the House is an open minded one. He said he was very hopeful that the Speaker will carry every interest along not minding if they voted or did not vote for him.
Hon Tehrab said the events that led to the election of House Principal officers in 2011 was more fierce than what transpired this Tuesday. He said if the leadership then could unite the House and reconcile it then it is possible that the House this time around will be better reconciled by the Dogara leadership.
Meanwhile Sen. Dino Melaye has cleared the air on the
purported swearing in of former Senate President David Mark as leader of the
senate. Sen. Melaye said the information was not correct because it will be
absurd for a party with lower number of members to produce the leader
Bukola Saraki: Don’t witch hunt N/Assembly Clerk, PDP warns APC
Saraki and Ekweremadu
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Thursday said any attempt by the APC to transfer their frustration, which was a product of their ineptitude, would amount to witch-hunt and victimization.
The party said the undertone of the statement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu that the Clerk was adequately requested to shift the time for the inauguration to enable the President address the APC legislators but he ignored it “amounts to putting undue pressure on civil servants in the National Assembly for performing their legitimate duties and sends a serious signal which should not be ignored.”
It described as unfortunate the fact that the APC’s displayed its arrogance and disrespect for the dictates of the constitution by attempting to adjust the President’s promulgation order on the National Assembly and seeking to put their interest over and above the supreme law of the land.
“It is a clear mark of disrespect to the constitution for the President and his party to fix a meeting for him to address their legislators the same time he had directed the Assembly to be inaugurated in line with the constitution. For 16 years that PDP nurtured democracy in this country, there was never a day it attempted to arm-twist or intimidate the bureaucracy of the National Assembly to do its bidding given our recognition and respect for the independence and sanctity of the legislative arm.
“The National Assembly is the citadel of democracy and represents the collective voice of all Nigerians. The PDP, even in opposition will continue to protect its sanctity and will therefore resist any attempt by the APC to undermine its independence and those of other democratic institutions in our country”, the statement said.
The party noted that the position of the APC and the Presidency clearly negates President Buhari’s well-received and praised assertion in his inaugural speech that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody as Nigeria’s President.
“By the last minute attempt to shift the inauguration time for party interest, the President violates his Presidential oath to defend the constitution and serve the nation without fear or favour and irrespective of party, religion and tribe, as he did not consider the interests of other political parties and the generality of Nigerians”, the party said.
The PDP said emerging events have continued to justify its position that the APC is ill-equipped and unprepared for the enormous challenge of ruling the country adding that such became glaring in the way and manner the APC handled a very vital issue like the inauguration of the National Assembly.
“From March 28, 2015 to June 9th, the APC had about 74 days within which it was expected to put its house in order and present its leaders for the 8th National Assembly, but it could not because of the greed and selfishness of its so-called godfathers who instead chose to fix their party meeting the same time the President scheduled for the inauguration of the National Assembly”.
The PDP said rather than vilify the Clerk of the National Assembly, the APC should commend him for his patriotic and courageous stand that has helped minimize the embarrassment the shifting would have brought to the country internationally given that it has been announced to take place at a particular time on Tuesday.
The party therefore charged the Presidency and APC to apologize to Nigerians for the embarrassment their ineptitude and inexperience has been causing the nation since they came into office.
Bukola Saraki: Don’t witch hunt N/Assembly Clerk, PDP warns APC
Saraki and Ekweremadu
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Thursday said any attempt by the APC to transfer their frustration, which was a product of their ineptitude, would amount to witch-hunt and victimization.
The party said the undertone of the statement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu that the Clerk was adequately requested to shift the time for the inauguration to enable the President address the APC legislators but he ignored it “amounts to putting undue pressure on civil servants in the National Assembly for performing their legitimate duties and sends a serious signal which should not be ignored.”
It described as unfortunate the fact that the APC’s displayed its arrogance and disrespect for the dictates of the constitution by attempting to adjust the President’s promulgation order on the National Assembly and seeking to put their interest over and above the supreme law of the land.
“It is a clear mark of disrespect to the constitution for the President and his party to fix a meeting for him to address their legislators the same time he had directed the Assembly to be inaugurated in line with the constitution. For 16 years that PDP nurtured democracy in this country, there was never a day it attempted to arm-twist or intimidate the bureaucracy of the National Assembly to do its bidding given our recognition and respect for the independence and sanctity of the legislative arm.
“The National Assembly is the citadel of democracy and represents the collective voice of all Nigerians. The PDP, even in opposition will continue to protect its sanctity and will therefore resist any attempt by the APC to undermine its independence and those of other democratic institutions in our country”, the statement said.
The party noted that the position of the APC and the Presidency clearly negates President Buhari’s well-received and praised assertion in his inaugural speech that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody as Nigeria’s President.
“By the last minute attempt to shift the inauguration time for party interest, the President violates his Presidential oath to defend the constitution and serve the nation without fear or favour and irrespective of party, religion and tribe, as he did not consider the interests of other political parties and the generality of Nigerians”, the party said.
The PDP said emerging events have continued to justify its position that the APC is ill-equipped and unprepared for the enormous challenge of ruling the country adding that such became glaring in the way and manner the APC handled a very vital issue like the inauguration of the National Assembly.
“From March 28, 2015 to June 9th, the APC had about 74 days within which it was expected to put its house in order and present its leaders for the 8th National Assembly, but it could not because of the greed and selfishness of its so-called godfathers who instead chose to fix their party meeting the same time the President scheduled for the inauguration of the National Assembly”.
The PDP said rather than vilify the Clerk of the National Assembly, the APC should commend him for his patriotic and courageous stand that has helped minimize the embarrassment the shifting would have brought to the country internationally given that it has been announced to take place at a particular time on Tuesday.
The party therefore charged the Presidency and APC to apologize to Nigerians for the embarrassment their ineptitude and inexperience has been causing the nation since they came into office.
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