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Group urges APC, lawmakers to consider integrity, loyalty for N’Assembly election 

By Seye Olumide, Ibadan 
21 May 2023   |   3:45 am
The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the in-coming members of the National Assembly, to consider integrity, loyalty and hard work in the choice of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.

National Assembly. Photo/facebook/TopeBrown/NigerianSenate

The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the in-coming members of the National Assembly, to consider integrity, loyalty and hard work in the choice of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.

 
The group, in a statement, yesterday, said that its interest in intervening in the debate on the leadership of the coming National Assembly (NASS) was because of proper leadership and inclusiveness.
 
In a statement, NDRA National Coordinator, Bright Ngolo, said: “The choice of leadership of the National Assembly should not be left to the ruling elite, but that citizens and indeed the electorate must debate the strengths and weaknesses of the dramatis personae vis-a-vis the performance of the current and past leaderships of the NASS.
 
“We do believe and rightly so that it remains a moral burden for the nation to consider the inclusion of the South-east zone for the leadership matrix of the nation and the formation of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly presents an auspicious opportunity to us all.”

He, nonetheless, said that the decision of the leadership of the APC to present the post of Deputy Speaker to the Southeast zone is a good development, as the zone has qualified sons and daughters at the House of Representatives, especially those of the APC extraction.
 
“Since it is only one person that would occupy the position, NDRA is throwing its weight behind Mr. Benjamin Kalu, representing Bende Federal Constituency to become the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as Kalu has the capacity considering the number of bills to his credit, among other factors including visibility.”

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