All Progressives Congress (APC ) leaders are
backing Ahmed Lawan, Femi Gbajabiamila,
George Akume and five others as principal
officers of the National Assembly, The Nation
learnt last night .
The party has adopted the lists submitted to it
by The Unity Forum ( Senate) and The Loyalists
( House of Representatives ) to heal the wounds
and reconcile all after the June 9 controversial
elections .
This has put pressure on Senate President
Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives
Speaker Yakubu Dogara .
It was learnt that more than 12 members of the
APC National Working Committee (NWC )
supported the candidates recommended by The
Unity Forum and The Loyalists.
Those recommended by the party as principal
officers in the Senate are Lawan(Majority
Leader ); Prof. Sola Adeyeye( Chief Whip ); Sen.
George Akume( Deputy Majority Leader); and
Sen . Abu Ibrahim (Deputy Chief Whip) .
The list for the House of Representatives has
Gbajabiamila( House Leader ); Hon. Alhassan Ado
Doguwa ( Deputy House Leader); M . T . Monguno
( Chief Whip ) and Hon. Pally Iriase (Deputy Chief
Whip ).
A source said : “ Most members of the NWC and
leaders of the APC are fully in support of the
lists from the Unity Forum and The Loyalists. We
need to heal wounds and move forward .
“ It will only be fair and just if the aggrieved
legislators are allowed to choose among
themselves the principal officers .”
The leaderships of the two groups generated
lists which they sent to the APC National
Chairman , who is expected to send them to the
Senate President.
Asked if the lists are binding on Saraki and
Dogara , the source said : “ They have no
discretion in the matter; they must abide by it if
they are really loyal party members .
“ It is the responsibility of the party to
recommend these principal officers . In 2011,
we were told that the President of the 7 th
Senate, Chief David Mark was not going to work
with Akume as minority leader but the defunct
Action Congress of Nigeria insisted on Akume. ”
None of the officers of the party was willing to
speak with the press last night.
For the first time after the crisis of confidence
erupted among APC Senators Saraki and Lawan
met at Oyegun ’s residence to explore the
possibility of reconciliation.
A top source , who spoke in confidence, said
after Oyegun sued for reconciliation , Saraki and
Lawan were asked to retire into a room for
“ frank talks.”
The source said : “We were all happy that Saraki
and Lawan agreed to hold a tête -à -tête for the
first time and we waited with bated breath for
what they will agree upon .
backing Ahmed Lawan, Femi Gbajabiamila,
George Akume and five others as principal
officers of the National Assembly, The Nation
learnt last night .
The party has adopted the lists submitted to it
by The Unity Forum ( Senate) and The Loyalists
( House of Representatives ) to heal the wounds
and reconcile all after the June 9 controversial
elections .
This has put pressure on Senate President
Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives
Speaker Yakubu Dogara .
It was learnt that more than 12 members of the
APC National Working Committee (NWC )
supported the candidates recommended by The
Unity Forum and The Loyalists.
Those recommended by the party as principal
officers in the Senate are Lawan(Majority
Leader ); Prof. Sola Adeyeye( Chief Whip ); Sen.
George Akume( Deputy Majority Leader); and
Sen . Abu Ibrahim (Deputy Chief Whip) .
The list for the House of Representatives has
Gbajabiamila( House Leader ); Hon. Alhassan Ado
Doguwa ( Deputy House Leader); M . T . Monguno
( Chief Whip ) and Hon. Pally Iriase (Deputy Chief
Whip ).
A source said : “ Most members of the NWC and
leaders of the APC are fully in support of the
lists from the Unity Forum and The Loyalists. We
need to heal wounds and move forward .
“ It will only be fair and just if the aggrieved
legislators are allowed to choose among
themselves the principal officers .”
The leaderships of the two groups generated
lists which they sent to the APC National
Chairman , who is expected to send them to the
Senate President.
Asked if the lists are binding on Saraki and
Dogara , the source said : “ They have no
discretion in the matter; they must abide by it if
they are really loyal party members .
“ It is the responsibility of the party to
recommend these principal officers . In 2011,
we were told that the President of the 7 th
Senate, Chief David Mark was not going to work
with Akume as minority leader but the defunct
Action Congress of Nigeria insisted on Akume. ”
None of the officers of the party was willing to
speak with the press last night.
For the first time after the crisis of confidence
erupted among APC Senators Saraki and Lawan
met at Oyegun ’s residence to explore the
possibility of reconciliation.
A top source , who spoke in confidence, said
after Oyegun sued for reconciliation , Saraki and
Lawan were asked to retire into a room for
“ frank talks.”
The source said : “We were all happy that Saraki
and Lawan agreed to hold a tête -à -tête for the
first time and we waited with bated breath for
what they will agree upon .
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