…asks Tinubu to nullify Abass’s candidature
…says it’s a clear imposition as it violates Section 50 sub section 1b
A group under the aegis of Renewed Hope Professionals, RHP on Tuesday slammed the APC NWC and President-elect Bola Tinubu for compensating the governor of Kaduna, Nasr El-Rufai with the position of speaker of the House of Representatives.
Declaring that the coveted position is not an instrument to for political compensation.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that on Monday, the NWC announced Hon Tajudeen Abass and Godswill Akpabio as consensus candidates for Speaker and Senate President.
The group in a statement signed by its Coordinator, Kinu Kabirwa, asserted that the announcement of both lawmakers as leaders of the tenth Assembly was a clear violation of Section 50 sub section 1b of the constitution of the Federal Republic as amended.
“Democracy is now under serious threat with this imposition concocted by the outgoing speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and the NWC to further compound the grave political situation in Nigeria.
“As a Group of professionals with the interest of APC at heart we plead with the President-Elect to immediately nullify this organised crime imposed on lawmakers and allow a free level playing ground for the legislators to pick their leaders.
“It’s an abberation that must be quickly checkmated before it develops into an hydread monster capable of turning the legislature into an unwarranted war zone over the personal interests of few disgruntled elements in the party.
“The question bothering us now is how did the NWC and their cohorts carried out the selection process and what yardstick was used to arrive at an Abass that his state delivered just four Reps?
“Was competence, equity, fairness and fairness considered in the scheme of things or it was just an outright imposition to further truncate our shaky democracy?
“The above questions are begging for answers and we want our leaders to truly look into this as the position of Deputy Senate President too has been zoned to North West.
“Automatically, the North West is going to control two powerful positions in the next political dispensation.