PDP Replies Oshiomhole On Committees’ Chairmanship Remark

By Dirisu Yakubu

The Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, has taken a swipe at the national chairman of the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over a statement
he allegedly made that the party will not share chairmanship of House of
Representatives and Senate’ Committees with opposition parties in the
9th Assembly, saying the former labour union leader lacks understanding
of the internal working mechanisms of the hallowed chambers.

The party described as unfortunate, the statement credited to
Oshiomhole, adding that there is no way the Speaker of the House and
President of the Senate would emerge without the support of lawmakers
elected on the platform of the PDP.

In a chat with our
correspondent yesterday, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Diran Odeyemi, said the PDP has a joker it is keeping close to
the chest, warning that when the chips are down,” both Oshiomhole and
the APC will be shocked.” He said: “We wonder why Adams Oshiomhole will
continue to display a clear lack of understanding of how the leadership
of the federal parliament emerges.

It seems he believes that his
choice of Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for the Senate President
and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively will see
fruition without the support of our lawmakers. We have our own strategy
and at the right time, both him (Oshiomhole) and the APC will be
shocked.”

Odeyemi further noted that as a party “still learning
the ropes” having only won elections in 2015, “APC can be forgiven for
thinking the leadership of the National Assembly is its own to
determine.”

On the chairmanship of the committees, the publicity
scribe counselled Oshiomhole not to be in a hurry, stating that very
soon, the chairmen will emerge in a way he would find difficult to
understand.

“He should not be in a hurry and like I said,
Oshiomhole appears to have little understanding of how these things
work. The chairmen of the committees are not his to appoint. The earlier
he realises this, the better for him,” he added.

Source:- Vanguardngr