The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors under the umbrella of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) have resolved to back the choice of the party,Tajudern Abbas and Benjamin Kalu for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions of the incoming 10th House of Representatives.
The PGF Chairman and Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has disclosed this when he received the campaign team of the Abbas/Kalu joint ticket led by the Joint Task –10th Assembly Coalition at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro Abuja on Monday.
He said, the party has made the best choice of presiding officers for the House adding that, the least the Governors should do is to ensure that the party’s preference and vision is actualized on June 13th when the 10th National Assembly is inaugurated.
Uzodinma therefore urged aggrieved aspirants to work together with the party’s preferred candidates in order to have a purposeful legislature that will promote and project the overall interest of Nigerians.
The governor said the choice of Abbas’ and Kalus’ choice by the party was not an imposition by the APC, but the best for the party and the Parliament.
“There’s no such thing as imposition, it’s for the benefits of all of us, and the synergy will help us to achieve more for our people back home. If you say that it means you’re willing and ready to disagree with the majority including the government. We know you have the power of appropriation, but when you appropriate, what about cashbacking?
“You certainly don’t want to go home after four years and tell your people you couldn’t achieve anything because you were not co-operating with the executive for their benefit, but when you work in harmony, you will reap the benefits of the cooperation and your people back home will be the better for it,” the Governor admonished”,he said.
The governor commended members of the coalition who are drawn from the eight political parties that won seats in the 10th House, saying that,they made the right decision to support the joint ticket.
Earlier, the APC Speakership candidate and his Deputy, Tajudeen Abbas, and Benjamin Kalu, as well as the South East Zonal chairman of Joint Task – 10th Assembly, Nnolim Nnaji commended the Governor for hosting the team and assuring them of the colleagues resolve to support the project.
They reiterated their readiness to ensure a united 10th Assembly and work towards actualizing the programmes and policies of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration, bearing in mind the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
