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Executive Director Policy and Legal Advocacy Center PLAC Dr. Clement Nwankwo has said that the choice of who becomes the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and other principal officers of the 9th National Assembly is solely the prerogatives of the members of the apex legislature.
He made the remarks at the opening of a one- day workshop for National Assembly journalists aimed at assessing the role of the media in reporting the 8th session of the National Assembly.
The media he said has a contiitutional role to report activities of the political office holders, public servants and other grouos in the society and also to hold leaders accountable to the citizenry in their day to day reportage of political developments.
At the event, the PLAC helsman said that the choice of who becomes what at the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly in early June 2019 is solely dependent on the relevant rules of any of the two chamber of the apex legislature in Nigeria.
He noted that in all climes, the legislative arm of government sets the agenda and that agenda solely rests with the executive. He added that this particular role which rests squarely on the shoulder of the Attorney-General of the state could easily make or mar the workings of legislature.
The civil society organization helsman added that the National Assembly has a critical role to play in our journey towards democratization of the political process.
He added that when the National Assembly fails in this regards, the different arms of government suffers for it tremendously.