16th June, 2015
The APC Board of Trustees and national leaders will meet in Abuja today to deliberate on the crisis plaguing the party over the National Assembly election crisis.
Top on the agenda is the search for truce among feuding members of the party, after Senator Bikola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara defied leadership and went ahead to clinch the leadership positions in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The APC had held shadow elections for aspirants for the positions and announced Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as the official candidates for the positions of Senate President and Speaker respectively.
Asked if the party was setting up a reconciliation committee to address the fallout of the national assembly leadership crisis, Odigie-Oyegun said, nothing was being left to chance.
“We are working on all fronts and at different layers. I am personally leading the effort,” he said.
Nassarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura had on Sunday told newsmen in Lafia, that the party leaders would meet in Abuja on Tuesday to deliberate on the challenges facing the party.
It was however learnt from the APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Monday that the leadership crisis in the National Assembly might have delayed the sending of the ministerial list to the lawmakers for screening also.
But he said the APC was working assiduously to ensure that the differences among its National Assembly members were quickly resolved in the interest of the nation.
He added, “All other things will have to wait. This is because we don’t want a situation whereby the Senate will be divided if, for instance, the President says he wants to present his list of ministerial nominees.
“So, we are trying to sort that out; it is our number one priority. We are happy that we are arriving at an amicable settlement of the situation; this one cannot wait for long. It has to be immediate .”
He, however, explained that while the party was working with Buhari to build a formidable team comprising tested politicians and technocrats, the decision to appoint ministers and presidential aides was entirely the prerogative of the President.
Culled from Punch Newspaper