The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has promised that the members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the incoming 8th National Assembly will provide credible and responsible opposition to deepen democracy and promote good governance in Nigeria.
He also announced that the Forum of the PDP National Assembly Memberselect would hold a one-day retreat in Port-Harcourt on Monday to strategise towards their opposition role in the 8th National As sembly. In a statement in Enugu on the occasion of Nigeria’s 16th Democracy Day anniversary, Senator Ekweremadu, described the smooth transition from the PDP administration led by former President Goodluck Jonathan to the All Progressives Congress, (APC) government as a big leap for the nation’s democracy. He said: “It is to the credit of Nigerians that the Forth Republic has outlasted the nation’s previous democratic experience. Despite our challenges, Nigeria witnessed a historic transition from one democratic administration to the other in 2007.”
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