By Abdulwahab Abdulah
A legislative advocacy group, Nigerian Peoples Centre for Legislative Advocacy, NCLEA, has appealed to all members of the House of Representatives not to compromise integrity and reputation on whoever would be considered for the office of the speaker.
NCLEA said the position of the speaker should also be retained in the South-West “to prevent a political backslash fueled by ill feelings and a sense of complete isolation from governance by the people of the South-West.”
At a briefing jointly addressed by the group’s President and Secretary, Hyacinth Chinweuba, and Mrs Sade Ajetumobi, respectively, the asked for a leader who “must represent a serious attempt at rekindling the previously dashed hope of the Nigerian people; who must posses indisputable sense of dignity and strong moral reputation.”
Talking about the zoning formula of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Therefore they pitched their tent behind the candidate selected by the region, Muraina Ajibola, arguing that they believed he met the local and international standards expected of the Speaker of the House of Representative.
They lamented that currently the House is “squelching with great difficulty to get out of the mess occasioned by the allegations of gross misconduct leveled against the leadership pf the house”, adding, which is why they are calling for somebody with deep sense of responsibility and discipline.
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