As part of measures to quickly resolve the crisis brewing within the rank and file of federal lawmakers elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, the party leadership has summoned a session of its National Executive Committee (NEC) for next week Tuesday.
THE HERALD learnt that the emergency session to be called is as a result of the the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara going against the wishes of the party.
Tuesday’s NEC meeting in Abuja, a reliable party source said, is meant to “review the situation in the National Assembly, especially the defiance of the directive of the party on the choice of principal officers by Saraki and Dogara.”
It was also learnt that the while the NEC may come up with recommendations on how to reconcile the warring groups in the National Assembly, some leaders have been pushing for sanctions against Saraki and Dogara.
According to an insider within the party “Some of our leaders are insisting that the APC must wield the big stick against those who disrespected the party’s leadership.
“They said once the party is not assertive, its authority will be eroded and it may not help the survival of APC.
“But we have some moderate elements seeking amicable resolution of all the issues at stake in order not to deepen the crisis in the National Assembly. Tentatively, the NEC of APC will meet on Tuesday to address some of these challenges. ”
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