More Troubles For PDP As APC Plans To Take Over NASS.
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly mapped out a plan to ensure smooth take-over of the leadership of the House of Representatives, following its merger with five aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP).
Members of the lower chambers of the National Assembly elected on the ticket of the PDP from the said five states, who had been operating on the platform of New PDP (nPDP), also formally became members of APC, by virtue of the merger, on Tuesday.
Though seven PDP governors of Adamawa, Rivers, Kano, Sokoto, Kwara, Niger and Jigawa began the merger discussion with APC leadership, Niger and Jigawa governors dissociated themselves from the merger when it was announced on Tuesday.
A top source involved in the merger also disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that the new development would ultimately give APC a simple majority in both chambers of the National Assembly and would be explored to take over the leadership of the House of Representatives, while the plan was reportedly to leave the Senate leadership intact for PDP.
The source reasoned that while the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, had been unabashed in his romance with APC long before the merger, such could not be said of the Senate President, David Mark, who had reportedly maintained a studied neutrality in the PDP crisis that led to the exit of the five governors.
It was learnt that after the defecting PDP representatives had openly recognised themselves as APC members, a motion would be moved that the speaker could not be allowed to belong to the minority party. Read more here http://tribune.com.ng
Members of the lower chambers of the National Assembly elected on the ticket of the PDP from the said five states, who had been operating on the platform of New PDP (nPDP), also formally became members of APC, by virtue of the merger, on Tuesday.
Though seven PDP governors of Adamawa, Rivers, Kano, Sokoto, Kwara, Niger and Jigawa began the merger discussion with APC leadership, Niger and Jigawa governors dissociated themselves from the merger when it was announced on Tuesday.
A top source involved in the merger also disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that the new development would ultimately give APC a simple majority in both chambers of the National Assembly and would be explored to take over the leadership of the House of Representatives, while the plan was reportedly to leave the Senate leadership intact for PDP.
The source reasoned that while the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, had been unabashed in his romance with APC long before the merger, such could not be said of the Senate President, David Mark, who had reportedly maintained a studied neutrality in the PDP crisis that led to the exit of the five governors.
It was learnt that after the defecting PDP representatives had openly recognised themselves as APC members, a motion would be moved that the speaker could not be allowed to belong to the minority party. Read more here http://tribune.com.ng
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