The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been urged by a pressure group, the Nigeria Needs Positive Change Group (NNPCG), to publicly recognise the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the Senate president.
In a statement by the group’s national coordinator, Alhaji Mas’ud Adebimpe, made available to This Day, they asked Tinubu to follow in the steps of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the party, who has recognized Saraki as the Senate president.
According to the group, Tinubu’s acceptance of Saraki would add value and also ensure unity and stability in the APC.
The group urged Tinubu to forget the past and forge ahead, insisting that the victory of Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, who emerged as speaker of the House of Representatives, symbolised the change APC preaches.
“We urge all other honest leaders of APC to as a matter of urgency prevail on all those threatening to bring down our democratic institutions to have a rethink. The party leadership should start in earnest on the fulfillment of all the electioneering campaign promises to the people, rather than wasting precious times on an issue which process had been adjudged credible, transparent and constitutional.
“The NNPCG align in totality with the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the election of NASS leadership. His readiness to work with whoever was elected and not to interfere in the process was legendary and indeed we did not expect less from a man whose integrity was the main credential flaunted to seek the people’s mandate,” the statement read.
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The group also appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and call the aggrieved APC leaders to order so that there will be peace in the land and at the National Assembly.
Tinubu is yet to publicly recognise Saraki as the Senate president after Saraki clinched the position against Tinubu’s wishes. Saraki defeated Ahmed Lawan, the official candidate of the APC.
Some days back, reports surfaced that Tinubu had vowed not to recognise the newly sworn in Senate president.
According to the group, Tinubu’s acceptance of Saraki would add value and also ensure unity and stability in the APC.
The group urged Tinubu to forget the past and forge ahead, insisting that the victory of Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, who emerged as speaker of the House of Representatives, symbolised the change APC preaches.
“We urge all other honest leaders of APC to as a matter of urgency prevail on all those threatening to bring down our democratic institutions to have a rethink. The party leadership should start in earnest on the fulfillment of all the electioneering campaign promises to the people, rather than wasting precious times on an issue which process had been adjudged credible, transparent and constitutional.
“The NNPCG align in totality with the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the election of NASS leadership. His readiness to work with whoever was elected and not to interfere in the process was legendary and indeed we did not expect less from a man whose integrity was the main credential flaunted to seek the people’s mandate,” the statement read.
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The group also appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and call the aggrieved APC leaders to order so that there will be peace in the land and at the National Assembly.
Tinubu is yet to publicly recognise Saraki as the Senate president after Saraki clinched the position against Tinubu’s wishes. Saraki defeated Ahmed Lawan, the official candidate of the APC.
Some days back, reports surfaced that Tinubu had vowed not to recognise the newly sworn in Senate president.
