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
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