President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the gladiators in the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives six hours to resolve all pending issues ahead of the resumption of plenary Tuesday.
Mr. Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House at the Presidential Villa Abuja, Monday.
One of the members who attended the meeting, which lasted about 30 minutes, told PREMIUM TIMES that the president “did not waste time, but simply reminded members on the need for party discipline”.
“He said he never wanted to interfere in the affairs of the Legislature, but he’s now forced to do so to maintain party discipline,” the source quoted the president as saying.
The source, who declined to be named because he was not permitted to speak to the media on the outcome of the meeting, said Mr. Buhari asked Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Femi Gbajabiamila to hold a meeting with the national chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun and find a solution to the problem within the next six hours.
“The president said it is unacceptable for him to be in office under the APC, and the PDP would be allowed to dictate who occupies positions in an administration he heads,” the source said.
“Buhari urged all members to look beyond themselves and consider the country and the platform under which they were elected.”
The source added that the APC leadership is expected to brief the president on the outcome of the meeting between Messrs. Dogara, Gbajabiamila and Odigie-Oyegun.
The meeting ended without a consensus on solving the leadership crisis that has rocked the house since its inauguration June 9.
Members emerged from the brief talks insisting on their varied terms as the solution to the crisis. Some lawmakers threatened violence.
The House is resuming sitting Tuesday after nearly a month break.
The prolonged break followed a violent clash on the floor of the chambers after members supporting the speaker, Mr. Dogara, and those backing former minority leader, Mr. Gbajabiamila, engaged in a free-for-all.
Mr. Dogara emerged speaker in defiance of the APC leadership’s decision to anoint Mr. Gbajabiamila.
Since then, the party has insisted Mr. Gbajabiamila be made the majority leader, a proposal Mr. Dogara rejects. The speaker says Mr. Gbajabiamila’s south west region already produced the deputy speaker, Yusuf Lasun.
Ahead of resumption Tuesday, the house warned against violence that may again erupt on the floor of the house.
Mr. Lasun also vowed Monday that he will not step down for Mr. Gbajabiamila as a way of resolving the crisis.
Both Messrs Dogara and Gbajabiamila were both in attendance at the meeting with President Buhari.
Mr. Gbajabiamila, who spoke to journalists earlier, said the president insisted that the party was supreme and its structures must be adhered to.
“We spoke heart to heart with the president,” he said adding that this was the first time the two groups had met peacefully.
Mr. Dogara and the party chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, who had extra discussions with the president, later emerged to speak with the press amid heckling from some members who threatened to assault the speaker if he said anything different.
The chairman of the party, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke on behalf of the party, said the meeting was a family meeting and was a success, adding that in another 3 to 4 hours there will be good news.
He opted to speak for Mr. Dogara, but the speaker spoke for himself saying he had always been on the side of the party as against the opinion of his other colleagues.
The members are expected to meet with the leadership of the party and come up with names to fill the slots for the principal officers and revert to the president. They are expected to meet with the president later Monday night.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187348-buhari-gives-reps-marching-orders-resolve-your-crisis-within-six-hours.html

APC=PDP vice versa

The only hope I have is that my sai buhari have the fear of God unlike those lions not even gladiators all they want is there pockets

Those lions that are all after clothing allowance and loots
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My sai buhari
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Or what!!!!! This is not WAI days when your vice will send korofo to flog them in line

May the good Lord deliver us from PDP plan in the HoR IJN.

Is Buhari an emperor Are we in a military regime of 'obey the last order

May be I should assume premium times lied

Shariareporters and premium times will always ve a person pleading animosity.

Keep on formulating lies in d name of i" I dnt want my name to be mentioned"

Any of this kinda write ups I see, first I check wia it's coming from, den i'd know how to treat it.

I wonder what will be the consequence of their failure to resolve.

I guess he may decide to afterwards use his presidential powers to flog them into compliance.

In my opinion, Dogara is overzealous and selfish.

APC said gbaja should be speaker, he said no and they left him.

They said gbaja should be deputy n he said no. They left him.


Now let gbaja be majority leader he is still saying no. Can he not compromise for once? Those positions he is fighting for don't even belong to him.

Atleast the apc caucus have been compromising from the beginning.

Baba, u don't have to mention it, my able leader & speaker Yakubu Dogara has settle d problem. shame on thiefibu.

I expect these dishonourables to continue the season two of the show of shame they started some weeks ago tomorrow. YouTube and local stations would have plenty guests tomorrow. I bet our dishonourables won't disappoint.

Saibaba

Emperor of the personal republic of Nigeria abi?

Buhari just needs to restrict them to legislation the purpose of which they were elected.

May not necessarily amount to sustainable relations in the next few years. This forced quick fix...hmm. Not it.

TheFreeOne:
Is Buhari an emperor Are we in a military regime of 'obey the last order

May be I should assume premium times lied

Buhari is the number one man in Nigeria. ....Anyways,its obvious you dolts will complain over everything Buhari.

If you aren't satisfied over his stand on this issue, go into your kitchen,pick up a knife, and stab yourself. ....I mean it....

Or what will happen??

Sack the speaker??

Lol

ionsman:

Buhari is the number one man in Nigeria. ....Anyways,its obvious you dolts will complain over everything Buhari.

If you aren't satisfied over his stand on this issue, go into your kitchen,pick up a knife, and stab yourself. ....I mean it....

Stab myself ke, lai lai that shall never be my portion but maybe yours sha.

Watch the masturbators defend their pay master!!!



Baba go slow why not give a marching order to Boko Haram? smh

PDP don't want Gbaja because he is seen as the mouth & eyes of APC.A tormentor of PDP & the best man for the APC job.PDP want a weakling & a compromiser to rep APC in the house.

It is very funny that federal character was not considered when electing SP and Speaker of NASS, just to satisfy their well concocted plan, they are churning sentiments under the facade of federal character now for selecting principal officers. You have won this lost battle but tomorrow is pregnant with painful pay back.

Gbaja for House Leader

nakamora:
PDP don't want Gbaja because he is seen as the mouth & eyes of APC.A tormentor of PDP & the best man for the APC job.PDP want a weakling & a compromiser to rep APC in the house.

You guys are pathetic! What concerns PDP with the power tussle in APC HOR caucus? So APC can't do any wrong except its PDP?

UnknownT:
Or what!!!!! This is not WAI days when your vice will send korofo to flog them in line

did u border to read because what u Just type is different from what i read

Jesusloveyou:
did u border to read because what u Just type is different from what i read

Yes you are correct, I didn't bother reading it fully. But when someone gives an ultimatum like this, there will be people who would be anxious to know the action the person would take when the ultimatum elapses. And that was why I asked, "Or what?" What will he do if after the 6 hours elapse and they didn't reach a compromise?

chymystique:
The crisis can be easily resolved within two mins if only Hon. Gbaja and his group concedes defeat and allow peace to reign in the house. But because they are power hungry, selfish and sore losers that ve been outsmarted, they wont... Karma is a Bitch Gbaja! Just give it up cause it seems like your destiny was never to be Speaker......


BTW, PMB knows the right thing to do... He should tell Hon. Gbaja to sheath his sword... Simple! In life, you win some and lose some

why should Gbaja sheath his sword? Why didn't Dogara sheath his own sword at first before jumping into bed with PDP members, why should people from Southwest be only, vice and deputies,should we concede to that? All the positions southerners are holding in the assembly is vice and deputies.

Wether bubu likes it or not, the house fighting will continue. Gbaja says it's "his birthright", Dogara say "lai lai barawo"

Or what?!