From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has implored its newly-inaugurated lawmakers to be good ambassadors of the party in the discharge of their functions.
NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary Agbo Major, in a statement yesterday, reminded them national interest should, at all times, override pecuniary interests for personal aggrandizement.
Major said Nigerians expect visionary and purposeful national and States House of Assembly in the collective quest for a strong, equitable and just democratic nation, devoid of rubber stamp legislatures.
He said: The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) congratulates its Senators, House of Representatives and States Houses of Assembly members across the country on their inaugurations as Federal and States legislators to provide effective representations to their constituencies and enact laws for good governance of the people.
“The party charged them to be good Ambassadors of NNPP and justify the confidence Nigerians reposed in them to usher in a new, better, greater and prosperous nation by making people-oriented laws that will improve their standards of living and deliver dividends of democracy.
“The NNPP’s two Senators, 20 House of Representatives and numerous States House of Assembly members should be guided by Section 14(2)b of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, which provides that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.
“Nigerians expect vibrant, robust, dynamic, pragmatic, visionary and purposeful national and States House of Assembly in our collective quest for a strong, virile, progressive, equitable and just democratic nation, not rubber stamp legislatures as obtainable in previous governments that impeded the nation’s democratic process.
“National interest should at all times override pecuniary interests for personal aggrandizement.
“The torch of liberty, freedom, social justice, religious harmony, buoyant economy and political stability of the nation has been passed to you to redirect the ship of the nation from its perilous course to the path of rectitude, progress, development and advancement.
“The democratic principle of separation of powers must be strictly observed in the discharge of your constitutional duties to avoid tyranny and dictatorship in government.
“Accordingly, you should be the voice of the voiceless and eyes of the blind to ensure that no Nigerian is left behind.
“It is obvious that you are elected at a critical period in the nation’s political process. The state of the nation is bad, very bad.
“There is hunger and hardship in the land. The welfare of the people should be uppermost in your minds as you work hard with your colleagues to alleviate their sufferings and restore confidence in the people that a new Nigeria is possible.
“Know that all eyes are on you, with the support of millions of NNPP faithful in particular and Nigerians in general you will succeed in this crucial states and national duties.”