Dogara Describes APC NASS Leadership Crisis As Politics

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has described the situation confronting the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political situation that should not be seen as a crisis.

The situation, according to the Speaker was the tussle for emergence of the National Assembly (NASS) Leadership within the ruling APC.

The June 6 straw poll produced Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila as the APC candidate for the House of Reps Speaker, against Honourable Yakubu Dogara of the same party and Senator Ahmed Lawan was also picked for the position of the Senate President.

The lawmakers supporting another Senator gunning for the Senate President position at that time, Senator Bukola Saraki and those supporting Honourable Dogara for the position of House of Representatives Speaker, boycotted the elections.

Subsequently, Senator Saraki and Honourable Dogara both emerged the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 8th National Assembly respectively.

The Senators, under the platform of the ‘Unity Forum’, said the process, which saw Senator Saraki’s emergence, was unconstitutional and could not confer legitimacy to the Senate President.

In an attempt to address the crisis, the APC National Chairman, Mr John Oyegun, declared the party’s support for both Senator Saraki and Honourable Dogara as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively.

Hounorable Dogara, however, made the declaration on Wednesday, while receiving members of the APC 2014 Presidential Primaries Convention Committee at the National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The Speaker also assured the committee of the National Assembly’s readiness to work in harmony with the Executive, for the benefit of the party and the country.

Members of the 8th House of Representatives had earlier produced a document they described as ‘a new road-map’ to guide them in their legislative functions and to ensure the Lower Chamber meet the expectation of Nigerians.

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