Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Friday Osanebi, has congratulated the newly-elected leaders of the National Assembly, describing their emergence as a call to duty for which they cannot afford to fail the nation.

Osanebi, in a statement, said with Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President, and Hon Yakubu Doghara as House of Representa-tives Speaker, the Assembly put national interests beyond the political affiliations of its members.

Osanebi said irrespective of the political mix through which they emerged, the eight National Assembly should never lose focus of its role as a partner in progress with the other arms of government, especially the executive.