NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PARLIAMENTARY SUPPORT GROUP
PRESS STATEMENT
1-
The Parliamentary Support Group of the Senate and House of
Representatives is aware of the joint Executive session of the National
Assembly held today and wish to state as follows:
2- That almost
all the members and senators that spoke at the Executive session are of
the PDP while members of the APC declined joining the discussion to
avoid a rowdy confrontation as the entire session could easily pass for a
PDP Executive session.
3- That it is commendable that the
Speaker tactically refused to make any comment at the session even after
the Senate President took time to explain the issues which are mostly
personal
4- That it is disturbing and raised many questions of
pre determined intentions that a known ally of the Senate President from
Kwara State Hon Rasak Atunwa drafted what was adopted as the resolution
and without voting against standard parliamentary practice.
5-
That most of the issues raised concerning the fight against corruption,
insecurity and the rule of law has been severally discussed in the
Senate and the House and various resolutions passed.
6- That we
commend the efforts of Mr President in the fight against corruption,
tackling of the insecurity challenges and respect for rule of law and
democratic institutions. Mr President is known for his non interference
policy.
7- That every Senator or Member of House who has
corruption or criminal allegation against him or her should clear his or
her name without dragging the entire institution of the National
Assembly into the matter
8- That the National Assembly should as
well look in ward and address the issue of suffocating Senators and
members with dissenting or contrary opinion through coercion or extra
legal means
9- That the PDP should recall how it members in the
7th Assembly sat comfortably in the chamber and watched a sitting
Speaker, Tambuwal locked out of the National Assembly and all his
security personnels withdrawn while APC members had to scale the fence
to gain entrance into NASS.
10- That we must exercise caution at
this delicate period not to over heat the polity with statements that
are capable of dividing the country, embarrassing us before the watching
world and creating friction between the legislature, Executive and
specifically Mr President.
11- We wish to reaffirm our support to Mr President as he works assiduously towards dealing with the challenges of our country.
Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin
For Parliamentary Support Group
Senate and House of Representatives
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