Lawmaker Wants Interface Between Party Officials

The Deputy Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Leyii Kwanee has called for regular interface between elected officials and party officials to rub minds and understand themselves on situations affecting governance.

Hon Kwanee who stated this at a cocktail party he organised recently in appreciation of party officials for the victory of PDP in the last elections in Khana Local Government Area.

He said such interface would ensure cooperation, reduce the spate of ignorance of party supporters on governance and abate party indiscipline.

He condemned cases of conflicts between elected officials and party officials and supporters in the past and called for strict party discipline to abate them.

The deputy speaker who is representing Khana Constituency II said that the forum would provide an avenue  for elected officials to feel the pulse of party officials pointing out that it was morally wrong for elected officials to ignore and distant themselves from the party officials and supporters whose effort brought the elected officials to power.

He, however, cautioned party officials to exercise restraint in their demands from the elected officials particularly when they have not settled down properly.

He identified these hasty demands as responsible for tension and squabble existing between them and assured that he would appreciate their support at all times and commended them for returning him and other elected officials of the PDP in the last elections.

Responding on behalf of the party officials, the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP0 in Khana Local Government Area, Chief Michael Igbonee lauded the deputy speaker for appreciating them and ensuring that party officials were well represented in governance.

“I want to also appreciate the deputy speaker and  we thank him for his support for party matters”, he said.

In his own speech, the chairman of Khana Local Government Council, Chief Gregory Nwidam, praised the efforts of Hon. Kwanee and reassured his people of his commitment to ensuring that the area is developed.

Mercy Awari