The Civil Society Network for Good Governance (CSNGG), has deplored attempts by some individuals, using the apparatus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to impose presiding officers on the incoming 10th National Assembly.
CSNGG, an umbrella body of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria said the impending imposition is not meant to serve the common good of Nigeria and its developing democracy.
The national president of the network, Adefila Kamal, who expressed these concerns in a statement issued yesterday, also congratulated President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on their recent inauguration.
The APC had in consultation with Tinubu and other stakeholders, endorsed Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate President and Barau Jibrin for deputy while it settled for Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu as speaker and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives respectively.
CSNGG also described it as a tacit move to reduce confidence of Nigerians…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
