he Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma says the Forum has resolved to back Tajudern Abbas and Benjamin Kalu as the choice of the party for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions of the incoming 10th House of Representatives.
The Governor disclosed this when he hosted the campaign team of the Abbas/Kalu joint ticket, led by the Joint Task –10th Assembly Coalition at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
He said the party has made the best choice of presiding officers for the House, and the least the Governors could do was to ensure that the party’s preference and vision was actualized come June 13th.
The Governor commended members of the coalition who were drawn from the eight political parties that won seats in the 10th House, saying they made the right decision to support the joint ticket.
“If the parliament is right, the government will be right, and I want to urge you to reach out to those who are aggrieved to persuade them to see the reason to agree with us. When you have a situation such as this, you will tell others your party is the best and, in this instance, APC is in the majority, and we have to demonstrate maturity by forging a common front in unity”, he said.
Governor Hope Uzodinma urged aggrieved aspirants to close ranks with the party’s preferred candidates and work together to determine a purposeful legislature capable of promoting and projecting the overall interest of Nigerians.
He added that Abbas’ choice by the party was not an imposition.
The APC Speakership candidate and his Deputy, Tajudeen Abbas, and Benjamin Kalu, as well as the Southeast Zonal Chairman of Joint Task-10th Assembly, Mr Nnolim Nnaji who is of the PDP commended the Governor for hosting the team.
