All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched new moves
to require management of the Senate president Bukola Saraki and therefore the
speaker of House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Daily Times reports.
The recent move is
aimed at making the ruling party to create up for the loss it suffered within
the legislative arm against to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
that saw APC aspirants losing within the National Assembly leadership elections
despite having a majority of lawmakers.
A caucus of the
party’s officers, led by the APC’s national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, when
a gathering on June eleven, Thursday, resolved to regain the leadership of each
legislative chambers.
The chieftains of the
party need to confirm that Femi Gbajabiamila becomes the House leader. Yakubu
Dogara, who was supported by the PDP trounced the APC’s most well-liked
candidate for House speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.
While it's not sure
who among the APC senators the party can gift to run the Senate’s leadership
position, indications are widespread that the leadership was already in grips
with President Muhammadu Buhari on the matter.
Angriest within the
APC over developments within the National Assembly is legislator Bola Tinubu,
thought of two own been the most supporter of legislator Ahmed Lawan and
Gbajabiamila, each of whom lost out their bids for election to leading
positions within the general assembly.
Senator Bukola
Saraki, who was supported by the opposition, became the Senate president,
whereas the PDP member Ekweremadu emerged because the deputy Senate president.