Fresh crisis appears to be brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s National Working Committee NWC has rejected lists of principal officers announced today by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas.
IgbereTV had earlier reported that Akpabio and Abass unveiled the presiding officers of the National Assembly at plenary on Tuesday.
In the majority cacaus of the senate,
Akpabio had named Opeyemi Bamidele as
Majority Leader; David Umahi as
Deputy Majority Leader; Mohammed Ali
Ndume as Senate Majority Whip; and Lola
Ashiru as Deputy Majority Whip.
At the House of Representatives, Abbas named Julius Ihonvbere representing Owan east/Owan
west Federal Constituency of Edo as the majority leader; Lawmakers representing Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro of Kogi, Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims, as deputy majority leader.
The speaker also named Bello Usman Kumo,
representing Akko federal constituency of
Gombe as the chief whip; and Adewunmi
Oriyomi Onanuga, representing Ikenne/
Sagamu/Remo north federal constituency in
Ogun, as the deputy chief whip.
But addressing the Governors of the party,
Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman,
said the party had no input in the names of
principal officers announced by Akpabio and Abass
“The election of the principal officers of the
the Senate President and Deputy
Senate President. The election of the speaker
and the Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives have been determined and
announced.”
“The remaining offices for the two chambers is yet to be done. I had a courtesy call on Saturday from the President of the Senate and his Deputy. The following day which was Sunday, I received the visit by the Speaker and his Deputy Speaker coming to me for Sallah’s homage.
“But, I am just hearing as a rumour now
from the online media that there have been
some announcements in the Senate and
House of Representatives.
“The national headquarters of the party of
the NWC has not given any such information
or communicated about the choice of
offices.”
“And until we formally resolve and
communicate with them in writing which is
the norm and practice, it is not our intention
to break away from traditions. So whatever
announcement is done either by the President
of the Senate, Deputy Senate President,
Speaker or Deputy Speaker, is not from this
secretariat.”
This is a developing story. Stay with IgbereTV, Africa’s number one online community TV for more updates as events unfold.
