Greater Africa Movement Want PDP to Elect Lar as Minority Whip

The Greater Africa Movement a political advocacy group Is routing for Hon Beni Lar to lead the Minority in the House of Representatives with her party the PDP , the second highest number in the Green Chambers of the National Assembly. 

Lar, a seasoned lawyer, a fifth term lawmaker and politician , daughter of the founding  chairman of the people's democratic party ,late Chief Solomon Lar is believed to be the most ranking female legislator in the National Assembly. 

The lawmaker  is one of the very first eleven in  Ranking in the Green chamber and  the most senior ranking PDP member into the House from  the house of representative from the North .

The articulate and erudite lawmaker In terms of legislative representation of her people and superlative performance has no equal Plateau so much so that the good people of Langtang North and South  Federal Constituency have given her a blanket cheque until such a time  she chooses to retire voluntarily.

Despite pressure by the opposition, Lar who has kept faith with the PDP through thick and thin like her late father deserves the highest position the  House can  offer the PDP for her seniority and unalloyed loyalty to the party .

The group believes Hon Lar should be given a right of first refusal  as the Minority leader even if the minority Whip of the house of representatives is zoned to the North Central. 

 Already the North central where she comes from has been sidelined in the  leadership positions in the Senate and House of Representatives by the ruling APC.

Her election will  also ensure some gender balancing in the contuining continuous effort for maximum women inclusion in governance.

The Group is therefore calling  on the  leadership of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) not to listen  to antiprogess   gender extremists and avowed mysogynists campaigning to deny her of the deserved  position simply because she is female. 

The group said “ It is a pride to  be female, a mother and a nation builder” 

“ The PDP should  do the needful and ensure that Justice ,equity  and fairness prevail in line with the founding principles of the party where women have always had unhindered access  and robust representation”

According to the Group, “ Injustice  and inequity has caused the PDP some  monumental political misfortune in recent times.

Electing Hon Beni Lar as the Minority leader or Minority Whip is the right and democratic path to take to help heal  some of the avoidable self  inflicted wounds of the party” 

The group however explained that the PDP still remain a  pan Nigerian party with the potentials of   rescuing Nigeria back to the path of glory and progress.