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Buhari Meets With APC Governors, Seeks Resolution To APC Internal Power Struggle

"When the Party has spoken we must listen."

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At a meeting with President Buhari on Tuesday evening, All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors agreed to call the National Assembly (NASS) Senators to order.

The meeting started at about 11pm and continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning. All agreed that factions within NASS APC lawmakers must rally themselves under the Party umbrella.

Those in attendance concluded that members of the APC, specifically Bukola Saraki as well as Yakubu Dogara, must respect the views of the Party leadership and stop spurring internal unrest. There is no room for personal power struggles, like that of the election of Senate President, to corrupt vision of an entire Party.

After the meeting held in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of the APC Governorship Forum and the Governor of Imo State, said, in a conversation with State House Correspondents "with all these achievements and progress we're making, we're worried by the pockets of disagreements going on in the National Assembly. We have resolved that we came from a Party and our Party's views should be respected."

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, also mentioned that each Public Servant part of the APC Party was not elected as an individual, but as an extension of the APC's platform. Thus, the Party position must be supported at all times.

"We are saying that there should not be a winner-takes-it-all; that we should carry everybody along and accommodate other as suggested by the Party," he said.

"We as progressive Governors, we have listened to the President. We expect our Senators to also listen to the Party. We are going to call them... it is about Party supremacy."

"When the Party has spoken we must listen."

This one incident will not be APC's last dramatic event. There may be others Senators and Governors operating against the will of the President and therefore, the Party. Shehu Sani of APC Kaduna Central has warned that the struggle within APC leadership is a very serious danger to the young, prospective administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria is apparently witnessing "a post-revolutionary crisis."

This crisis is typical when a minority group becomes a majority Party. It is also the reason Buhari is working to unify the  APC and to work with Senators that are committed to the policies and vision of the current administration.

Moreover, Okorocha said that Tuesday's meeting with the President instilled greater confidence in the Party. After the main issues were addressed, the Governors gave praise to President Buhari because of the way he has handled the NASS issue and also that of the country's economy.

The APC Senators from each respective State have been invited to meet with all arms of the legislative government to work through this crisis.

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