Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu have the support of governors who were elected on the APC platform to serve as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the upcoming 10th House of Representatives.
Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State and the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), made this statement on Monday in Abuja when he hosted the Abbas/Kalu joint ticket campaign team, which was coordinated by the Joint Task-10th Assembly.
Recall that on May 8, 2023, the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) published the zoning criteria for the 10th National Assembly’s leadership.
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The ruling party chose Kalu from Abia (South-East) as Deputy Speaker and Abbas from Kaduna (North-West) as Speaker.
Uzodinma asserted that the APC has chosen the best presiding officers for the next Green Chamber while speaking during the meeting at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge.
The least the governors could do, he continued, is to see that on June 13, when the 10th National Assembly is scheduled to be inaugurated, the party’s choice and vision are realized.
Members of the coalition drawn from the eight political parties that won seats in the 10th House were praised by Uzodinma, who said they had chosen well by backing the unified ticket.
He said, “I congratulate you once more for the success you achieved in the last election, and to commend you for coming together to form an alliance towards the speakership race. You have taken a good decision to support these two gentlemen.
“What we are practising today is democracy and the APC is the ruling party, and you have a responsibility now to help the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed. And we all know that the most sensitive arm of the government is the Legislature and if we make a mistake with it, the other two arms would be affected.
“If the parliament is right, the government will be right. I want to urge you to reach out to those who are aggrieved, to persuade them to see the reason to agree with us. When you have a situation such as this, you will tell others your party is the best and in this instance, APC is in the majority; and we have to demonstrate maturity by forging a common front in unity.”
He added: “There is no such thing as imposition, it is for the benefit of all of us and the synergy will help us to achieve more for our people back home. If you say that, it means you’re willing and ready to disagree with the majority, including the government.
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“We know you have the power of appropriation, but when you appropriate, what about cash-backing? You certainly don’t want to go home after four years and tell your people you couldn’t achieve anything because you were not cooperating with the Executive for their benefit. But when you work in harmony, you will reap the benefits of the cooperation and your people back home will be the better for it.”
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