Former Vice President and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has charged his party National Assembly (NASS) members not to be rubber stamp members of the NASS.
Optimistic that he would reclaim his mandate through court judgment, Atiku asked the NASS members to form a formidable opposition to the Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration which he described as temporary.
Vanguard reports that the former Vice President said this during a PDP stakeholders’ meeting for elected officials of the party in Bauchi State on Saturday.
At the meeting, PDP urged its members in the National Assembly not to be “rubber stamp members of the National Assembly.”
According to Atiku, “You are there to serve as a formidable opposition to this temporary administration.
“Based on the results announced by the INEC and pending the determination of electoral challenges in the court, our members-elect are not the majority in the National Assembly.
“So, for the time being, they have to prepare to work as an effective, constructive opposition while also preparing for possible roles of the majority party when the cases are resolved. A Government in-waiting, so to speak.”