The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the leadership of the National Assembly is not an entitlement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“It is laughable and amounts to empty grandstanding and self-delusion for President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, to pose as if the presiding offices and committee chairmanship in the National Assembly are exclusive rights of the APC,” PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan said in a statement.
The leadership of the National Assembly has been the major subject of discussion since the election of legislators. APC hopes to avoid a repeat of 8th National Assembly in 2015 which was led by Bukola Saraki, who later joined the opposition PDP.
Currently, the APC has 64 senators-elect so far, while the PDP has 41 seats and Young Progressives Party (YPP) having one seat. Read more