Ahead of Tuesday’s election of the principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has declared that the party will put all prophets of doom to shame.
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said this on Monday in Abuja.
Odigie-Oyegun pointed out that the party had survived a lot of predictions in good shape in the past, stressing that this too shall come to pass.
Odigie-Oyegun spoke at a news conference in Abuja.
The APC National Chairman warned the elected members of the party in the National Assembly, who are aggrieved over the weekend’s mock primaries conducted by the leadership of the party to respect the party decision.
According to him: “Our party (APC) would definitely put to shame all the prophets of doom. We have survived a lot of predictions in good shape and this too shall come to pass.”
Chief Odigie-Oyegun explained that the APC thought rightly that it should provide a platform for members of the National Assembly to state their preferences for the key offices in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
He said: “Members contested on the platform of the party. The party did not contest on the platform of members.
“So, the party’s views and method of doing things should be respected. All we did was to provide the platform.
“I want to appeal to APC members of the National Assembly, both Senate and the House of Representatives, to please respect the party, the views of the party and the decision that they themselves took in selecting the persons that will be presented to the National Assembly as presiding officers.
“At the House of Representatives level, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and at the Senate level, distinguished Senator Ahmed Lawan.”
The party, the National Chairman explained, recognized and accepted the fact that it cannot impose leaders on them.
His words: “Of course, we can provide guardiance as to how things ought to be done and the kind of persons we think they should look for and that is all we have done.
“My appeal is that they should respect the arrangement that has been made by the party, that they should respect the views expressed in a secret vote by the majority of the members of the House of Representatives and their senior colleagues, the Senate and let peace be.
“We have preached change and you cannot undertake change with a flip.”
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