The South West youths on Thursday drummed support for Senator Ahmed Lawan as Senate President and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker, House of Representatives respectively in the 9th National Assembly.
The youths operating under the auspices of Congress of South West Youths (COSWY) while addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday argued that giving the shining qualities, their undiluted party discipline, sense of patriotism, wealth of experience, their visionary and principles over the years, they would be able to pilot the affairs of the 9th Assembly, restore the glory of the nation’s apex legislative institution.
According to them, they would further deepen democratic rule and the delivery of good governance to the people of Nigeria.
The group also in a statement signed by Comrade Ahmed Shomoye, Convener, Congress of South West Youths, Mr. Omotayo Sanyaolu for APC State Youth Leaders and Comrade Olateju Olorungbebe, National Coordinator, Asiwaju Grassroot Foundation, the youth urged other APC candidates to step down for these two candidates in the collective interest of the party, unparalleled legislative advancement, democratic stability and for the actualization of the dream of President Muhammadu Buhari to further take the country to the next level in his second term administration.
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The youth recalled that as a result of the nature and character of its emergence, the 8th National Assembly was bedevilled with “serious crisis of integrity throughout out its tenure while several millions of naira was unfortunately expended for an endless image laundering mission which took National Assembly to nowhere eventually.
“From inception till now, the 8th National Assembly was entrapped in avoidable self-serving long drawn battles with the presidency over frivolous issues that would majorly benefit the lawmakers not Nigerians.
“As this unwarranted battles continued, the image of our great country got battered the more and our three democratic institutions become the laughing stock in the international community for sheer display of ego, lack of focus, dearth of vision and sense of patriotism as exhibited by some federal lawmakers”.
As the 8th National Assembly was winding up, the youth said this was the time for critical stakeholders of democratic rule in Nigeria to join forces together and “ensure that the shenanigans which transpired in the 8th National Assembly do not, in any way, repeat themselves again”.
They resolved among others that to earn public confidence, redeem the battered image and reposition the National Assembly in its rightful stead as a well-respected legislative institution of national and global reckoning, the 9th National Assembly must be seen to be a progressive, people-centred, Vision-driven and result-oriented institution that has the determination to advance democratic ideals and deliver good governance to the people.
