Sunday 28 June 2015

Ekweremadu as Saraki’s deputy unacceptable - Buhari

For President Muhammadu Buhari, the emergence of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member as deputy Senate President in the current dispensation is nothing short of a setback for his administration.

He is irked that some members of his own party, All Progressives Congress (APC), conceded the position to Ike Ekweremadu when the PDP never gave that much all through its 16 years in power between 1999 and last May.
But he is optimistic that the APC will overcome the setback.
President Buhari made his feelings known at a meeting with a delegation of the Unity Forum at the Aso Rock Villa on Friday night.
Buhari, at the meeting, reportedly pleaded for the understanding of APC Senators as the party explores reconciliation options.

However, the majority of the APC governors and state chairmen of the party are insisting that Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Reps Speaker Yakubu Dogara comply with the party’s directive on the choice of principal officers of the National Assembly.
The APC governors and state chairmen are encouraging the leadership of the party to enforce discipline to prevent it from collapsing.
Some party leaders, it was gathered, have proposed a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Audu Ogbeh, as chairman of the APC Disciplinary Committee to look into allegations of anti-party activities against some members.
President Buhari at the Friday meeting was said to have said there was no reason for the party to be divided over who heads the National Assembly.
“The President gave us audience and admitted that the development in the Senate was a setback but he expressed confidence that APC will overcome it,” a source at the meeting said.


- Nation

2 comments:

  1. That's change. Or are you not an advocate for change again.

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  2. The time robbers are planning to rob there is always cohesion,but during the time of sharing their loot there is always a division. APC in collaboration with many clandestine groups and interests used unconventional ways to edge PDP Out of Government and governance, now the repercussions are very ominous. Nigerians are waiting and watching as events unfold while they are in the process of sharing their loot. Good governance we are expecting but karate and blows is what we are seeing,we are here and waiting for the out come of this contraption called APC

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