The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as false, reports making the rounds that certain individuals have been designated for minority leadership positions ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday.
The party in a statement by National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, said such reports do not represent the true position of affairs in the party and among its National Assembly members-elect.
It stated that PDP is on the same page with the party’s “lawmakers-elect in focusing, for now, on maximising our numerical strength with other opposition parties to determine the emergence of the presiding officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 and will not allow any distractions at this moment.”
PDP explained that its interest now is to ensure that whoever emerges as the Speaker of the House of Representatives must be a person with long standing relevant managerial and legislative experience, leadership capacity and past legislative achievements as a member of the House of Representatives.
“At the right time, the PDP together with our members in the National Assembly will speak with one voice on any issues with regard to other leadership positions in the federal legislature,” the statement added.
It urged Nigerians to disregard such reports, adding that its attention and that of the “members-elect at the moment have our eyes on the ball on the election of the presiding officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly in the general interest of the people of Nigeria.”
