Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

President Goodluck Jonathan along with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday succumbed to pressure from PDP senators protesting their losses at the November 1 ward congresses of the party by agreeing to give automatic tickets to two incumbent senators from each state at the 2015 polls.

The decision was a swift reaction to a week boycott of plenary sessions by the Senate and simultaneous
declaration of solidarity for the defection of Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal,
from PDP to APC on October 28 with a threat to team up with the House to impeach the president if that became an option to explore.

However, in a swift response to the Senate's action
and their level of bitterness over alleged moves by
governors to unseat them next year, Jonathan along
with NWC members of PDP met with the aggrieved
senators at the First Lady's House in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday night where it was agreed that at least two senators would be given return tickets to the Senate.

Although the meeting was initially scheduled for
Wednesday at 10 pm in the Presidential Villa, it was
re-scheduled to Thursday following the president's
trip to Ouagadougou, the Burkinafaso's capital.
The meeting which held between 9 pm and 12am
ended with the senators beaming with smiles and
dropping their grievances at the Villa.
One of the senators who did not want to be named,
disclosed to THISDAY that the resolve to return at
least two senators from each state was read by
National Chairman of PDP, Adamu Mu'azu, at the end of the meeting.

According to him, the matter was treated as a family affair adding that the governors in that family affair's spirit had equally agreed to respect the resolution.
“We have just come back from the Villa. The party
has capitulated to governors. It was agreed that two
senators per state at a minimum would return. The
party chairman announced it at the end of the
meeting. The party said the governors had agreed to it. It was a family affair resolution,” the senator said in a text message to THISDAY.

Having been placated, the senators who came under fire for the better part of last week from Nigerians who were angry with their decision to shut down a national institution because of their alleged selfish objectives are expected to resume full legislation which they had crippled for one week.

The senators had last week alleged betrayal by the
president whom they said they had maximally
supported prior to his emergence as Acting President on February 9, 2009 up to this last weekend. The height of their bitterness towards the President was the decision to shut down the Senate throughout the week, throwing out all items on the Order Paper and vowing to sustain the trend indefinitely until the President addressed their grievances.

While Tuesday's plenary was put off till Wednesday,
the situation grew worse the following day as the
Senate did not only shut down the chamber but also adjourned plenary to November 11.
While claiming that Jonathan had lost the Senate's
strong support like the case in the House of
Representatives, the aggrieved senators also
threatened to frustrate the consideration and prompt passage of the 2015 budget, insisting that they would also shut down the entire government in pursuit of their personal goals.

omenka:
And out the window again goes the people's right to choose their leaders simply because ONE MAN is so desperate to get what he wants!!!

I really pity Nigerians.

wallex1983:
Jonathan along
with NWC members of PDP met with the aggrieved
senators at the First Lady's House in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.


So first lady too get her own house for villa. Are they not supposed to be man and wife?

Anyway, oga Jona....... The fear of aggrieved senators...... This iڪ not †ђξ time to step on toes. †ђξ cost could run into millions of 'power'. Did I say power, I mean Naira

jeffizy:
I thought it should be about 'fresh air'.
Why does Nigerian Politics favor recycling of already rusty old boys?

pazienza:
See how efficient and united they can be, when it comes to getting their selfish desires approved by the president. They are all part of the same problem, the "looting elites". I just finished listening to an annoying jingo in coal city fm,where one of them was refering to himself as "people's power of Ndiigbo", when in real sense,all he cares about is himself and his immediate family.

pentagonal:


I thought your folks have promise to vote the clueless dolt 99.999% come 2015.

courage54:
It is easier said than done! Will they ask those governors to forgo their own senatorial ambition? I see crises in PDP.

pazienza:


The problem with Nigeria isn't that of GEJ. Remove GEJ and he would still be replaced by another elite. Leave GEJ alone.

pazienza:


The problem with Nigeria isn't that of GEJ. Remove GEJ and he would still be replaced by another elite. Leave GEJ alone.

pentagonal:




balderdash!!! even if the past leaders have been world class failure. none of them gave out our territories to ragtag thugs. none of them make corruption, clueless and ineptitude decision as the watchword of there administration. couple with the deliberate ethnic and religious disharmony he is causing in the land.

pazienza:


The truth is that Nigeria had never in her history,had a president better than GEJ. This is the honest truth, even though GEJ himself is not exactly living up expectations too.

omenka:
And out the window again goes the people's right to choose their leaders simply because ONE MAN is so desperate to get what he wants!!!

I really pity Nigerians.

pentagonal:
it's now clear to every sane person that this gej is the most clueless creature on the milky way. the politicians are aware of his desperation and naivety, little wonder everyone is cutting a deal from the scumbag. the fiddlestick will be burn on the stake to appease the gods in saner climes.

Franzeez:


He is clueless abi? We agree... But remember he is president, you will never be president, even gover, even chairman, u will rust a pooper... Idiot what do you know as clueless

pro01:


Mr. Man, don't allow your blind hatred of Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP becloud your reasoning. How does conceding a party ticket to someone mean depriving the electorate of their right to choose their leaders? There are countless parties in Nigeria, and anyone is free to contest on the platform of any other party. If you are the people's choice, you would win the election, regardless of the party.

pentagonal:


it's either you are joke or a celebrated sycophant. like seriously!!!!! gej is the worst president on the milky way. damn even the abacha presidency is not as worst as the era of the clueless drunkard. abeg ask the older siblings in your household about the era of muritala Mohammed and Muhammad buhari.