The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has written to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on the party’s position on the election of the remaining principal officers of the National Assembly.
The chairman, in his the letter to Dogara , presented Femi Gbajabiamila (South-West) as the House Leader; Ado Doguwa (North-West) as deputy leader; Mohammed Monguno (North-East) as chief whip; and Pally Iriiase as deputy chief whip.
For the positions in the Senate, Oyegun named Senator Ahmed Lawan (North-East) as the party’s pick for the post of Majority Leader; Prof. Sola Adeyeye (South-West) as chief whip; George Akume (North-Central) as deputy Majority Leader and Abu Ibrahim (North-West) as deputy chief whip.Meanwhile, eight APC governors on Tuesday met behind closed doors with Odigie-Oyegun, in a bid to resolve the impasse in the National Assembly.
Legislators on the party’s platform in the National Assembly have been unable to agree on the choice of persons to occupy the positions of Senate Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip and Deputy Majority Whip.
The names were said to have been approved by the party after extensive consultations.
It is however unlikely that the group backing Saraki and Dogara that goes by the name Like Minds will yield to the party’s position. They had earlier given indication that they would follow the stipulated rules that the officers should be produced various caucuses in the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, the lawmakers from the south-south told reporters on Tuesday that they were not pleased with the arrangement.
