APC House Leadership Patronising Corruption With Shutdown Of Hearings – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House of Representatives for patronizing corruption by shutting down the investigative hearings into alleged misdeeds of the APC federal administration.

The PDP in a statement said it was untenable for the APC House leadership to insinuate that crucial investigations in the House of Representatives would be shut down on the excuse of a legislative recess.

Alleging that corruption within the APC administration was fighting back, the PDP in the statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondinyan said:

“Our party holds that, if anything, the unnecessary and unwarranted resort to invectives, name calling and slurs by the APC leadership of the House, instead of addressing the issues, has only confirmed our position that corruption is fighting back from within the legislative and executive government circles of the APC administration.

“It is, to say the least, disgraceful that instead of owning up, apologizing to Nigerians and allowing the committees to continue with their investigations, the APC leadership of the House is rather laboring to divert attention from its culpability in patronizing corruption. 

“The PDP believes that when matters of national interest such as investigation of allegations of corruption are before the legislature, no attempt, overtly or covertly, should be made to undermine or sabotage them, let alone ordering a forceful shutdown of investigation.

“Indeed, nothing in parliamentary rules makes its sacrosanct that legislative committees cannot sit during parliamentary recess.

“The attempt by APC leadership in the House to mislead Nigerians with skewed interpretations that suit its purpose of frustrating the fight against corruption is completely condemnable and amount to a huge disservice to Nigerians. 

“In fact, it is on record that during the days of PDP leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly, even when the House of Representatives is on recess and crucial national issues such as the on-going investigations emerge, the leadership would recall legislators and relevant committees to attend to them.”

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