By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA –

A national officer of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Yekini Nabena has alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to retain the leadership of the National Assembly in the next dispensation, cautioning the leadership of the APC not to sit idly by and watch a repeat of its mistake in 2015.

Nabena who is the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC said in order to avoid a repeat of the political crisis that followed the election of the National Assembly leadership in 2015, the Party leadership must urgently put in place an inclusive and fair internal zoning/selection arrangement to enable the APC caucus produce all its preferred principal officers for the incoming Senate and House of Representatives.

Speaking with journalists Saturday in Abuja, Nabena also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to play a pivotal role in the APC’s internal selection arrangement for the incoming 9th National Assembly. “The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has lost the presidential election and they have now adopted a Plan B from their infamous Dubai Strategy Meeting to hijack the incoming National Assembly leadership by repeating their heinous coup in the previous Assembly.

“The All Progressives Congress APC must prevent a repeat of a situation where despite our overwhelming majority in the outgoing 8th Senate and House of Representatives, the National Assembly leadership was hijacked by saboteurs and their opposition PDP collaborators.

“Nigerians will recall how the outgoing 8th National Assembly under Bukola Saraki sabotaged the present administration in pursuit of selfish political interests of the PDP. But for the principled, focused and dogged governance of President Muhammadu Buhari, many of the unprecedented developmental achievements recorded would have been completely sabotaged.

“The National Assembly is a strategic arm of government to achieve the Change Agenda for the country. I call on the Party’s leadership to urgently set out mechanisms for the zoning/selection of our preferred principal officers who will join the President Buhari administration in implementing our Change Agenda. “Aside being President, Muhammadu Buhari is a respected father figure among party members and supporters. His direct involvement and views will be very important as the Party works around the zoning/selection arrangements”, Nabena said.

seunmsg:
2019 is not 2015. They failed with Atiku, their evil plot to hijack NASS shall fail.

kitaatita:
They have Okorocha and Amosu

Donmedra:
you think PDP are jokers?

Oshiomole and tinubu are too small

Donmedra:
you think PDP are jokers?

Oshiomole and tinubu are too small

seunmsg:


Yeah, no wonder Atiku was roundly defeated.

Donmedra:
2023 will be interesting.

I pray you will be alive to see tinubu humiliated

seunmsg:


People like you said more than this before the 2019 presidential election. You littered social media with back to Daura nonsense. Today, Buhari is back to Aso Rock while Atiku is crying like agbere all over the place. You guys never learn.

Donmedra:
buhari is the heart and soul of APC, in fact he gave APC over 7 million headstart.

I wonder how you guys will zone the presidency this time a round and APC need to start from square 1 up north

Asshurbanipal:

This is what these afonjas don't know. Putting their hope on a party built on buhari personality alone. Without buhari any idioot will defeat apc. We igbos will not be bullied to join the bandwagon. Long term political calculation is more important than euphoria of the moment

Donmedra:
you think PDP are jokers?

Oshiomole and tinubu are too small

hisexcellency34:
They should make sure whoever Tinubu wants like Gbajabiamila loses

PHILipu1:

Who ever from the south that Buhari raises his hand in 2023,his supporters will follow that person

ayomilore:
Omo agege will never allow that to happen again.
He will rather abscond eternally with the mace than see opposition rule over national assembly again.

Asshurbanipal:

This is what these afonjas don't know. Putting their hope on a party built on buhari personality alone. Without buhari any idioot will defeat apc. We igbos will not be bullied to join the bandwagon. Long term political calculation is more important than euphoria of the moment

Donmedra:
you think PDP are jokers?

Oshiomole and tinubu are too small

PHILipu1:

Who ever from the south that Buhari raises his hand in 2023,his supporters will follow that person