APC To Assume House Leadership
02.01.2014, 6:11 Politics
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There are strong indications that the All
Progressives Congress, APC, may, on resumption
from recess of the House of Representatives on
January 13, 2014, assume the leadership of the
House from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
This, however, may not affect the offices of the
speaker and deputy speaker respectively.
The impending development is followed by the
defection of 37 members of the PDP to APC late
last month.
Speculations had been rife since December 2013,
shortly before the House went on Christmas break,
that the change would have occurred.
A member of the House and PDP decampee said
the first quarter of the new year would herald
changes that would affect the leadership structure
of the House.
He said: "Within the House, 2014 will be a
remarkable year for Nigeria, remarkable in the
sense that, of course, the trend which began in late
2013 in terms of power shift will continue and what
that means is that APC should be able to get the
requisite 181 members which gives it complete
majority. When that happens chances are that the
leadership will shift from PDP to APC.
"APC has between 172 to 174 members in the
House. And what we just need, I think is between 8
and 9 new members in terms of those crossing
from PDP to APC. And that will be the APC
requisite that will shape the House and points the
future direction of the House.
"But what is certain is that if everything does not
change, the leadership, the majority leader will
need to relinquish that position because at the end
of the day, a party cannot be in the minority and
still hold the position of the Majority Leader."
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