10th National Assembly: PDP NWC Meets Reps-elect

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently meeting with its members-elect of the House of Representatives .

Naija News reports that the meeting is coming amid the tussle for principal offices in the 10th National Assembly and the inauguration of the lawmakers on June 5, 2023

The Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum, and some members of the NWC are meeting with lawmakers at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.

Damagum stated that the PDP demands nothing from its members in the House apart from loyalty, adding that Nigerians and the party expect credible and quality opposition from them considering that they are closer to the people than senators.

He told urged the lawmakers-elect to be prepared to give the All Progressives Congress (APC) credible opposition in the House of Representatives in the interest of good governance.

Damagum said the PDP has the capacity to achieve whatever it sets out to do, adding that the members should work together and ensure they do what is expected after the inauguration of 10th Assembly.

He said: “First to the country because it is when you have a country that you can even exist as a lawmaker. To the party, because most of you that have spoken have been grateful to the party for giving you the platform to be here today. So, the party expects nothing less from you other than to be a loyal party member.

“You’ve done well, I’ve interacted with some of your leaders towards the build-up to this gathering and I don’t expect any PDP member to be less in terms of that acumen and capacity. We’ve always been known to be full of capacity in terms of what we want to achieve. I don’t want anything less from you.

“I’ve always had hope in the house of representatives. I’m not saying the senate is not doing much but you are the people that are directly closer to the constituencies and so much is expected of you and I hope that ours is going to be a very credible opposition and we will give it to them.

“We’ll put them to task. We’ll put them on their toes to make sure that the right thing is being done in this country because that is what we need in this country at this moment.”

Speaking at the event, Fred Agbedi, acting leader of the members-elect, said the meeting was convened to interact ahead of the inauguration of the 10th assembly in June.

Agbedi, who is a ranking member of the house, said the party’s national leadership must guide members-elect on the election of the principal officers of the lower legislative chamber.

He said: “It behoves on us to make it possible to meet and interact with our party and to ensure that all of us who were elected under the PDP have the opportunity of being present to interact with our party to give us some guidance.”

He said it is important for members-elect to “call ourselves together and to invite our chairman” to “guide, advise and direct us where necessary as we journey” to the inauguration of the assembly.