All is still not well with the All Progressives Congress, APC, on its inability to resolve the impasse created by various yearnings of the geopolitical zones of the country to produce the senate president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
For two weeks running, members of the party have been inundated with intrigues and horse trading on the issue.
The National Working Committee, NWC, met twice penultimate week to resolve the issue but it was deadlocked.
Alternatively, a leadership meeting of the party was summoned on May 22 at Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja to reach a compromise but that was still far fetched.
The only ruse brokered by the party was on the Senate Presidency which was eventually zoned to the north central.
Vanguard investi-gations revealed that some verbal ‘fisticuffs’ ensued among party members present at the meeting when suddenly the south west vested interest in the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives which had earlier been conceded to the north east.
Sources privy to the meeting confided in Vanguard that the altercation reached a crescendo and forced the meeting to an abrupt end. But not without the intervention of some stakeholders including the president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari who was present.
To further calm frayed nerves, the meeting asked Buhari and the national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun to fathom ways of resolving which zone to cede the speakership to.
It was also learnt that the idea of including former interim national chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande and the Vice President-elect, Professor Yemi Osibanjo on the committee was rejected by most members who submitted that it would be crowded.
With that, the meeting ended and attention was later shifted to Buhari and Oyegun.
But one week after the subcommittee was formed, the president-elect and the national chairman are yet to come up with a solution.
A source revealed that Buhari’s disposition since APC’s electoral victory, has been to give free hand to the incoming federal lawmakers to choose their leaders without much recourse to zoning or external interferences.
It was also learnt that Buhari/Oyegun committee would never hold as it would be too dangerous to persuade any zone to drop its ambition having gone this far.
This means that the zones might be slugging it out on the Inauguration Day.
Tinubu/Akume’s tango on senate presidency
Vanguard learnt that until last week, the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had invested heavy interest in the Senate minority leader, Mr. George Akume from Benue State to emerge as the next senate president.
But the insistence of the North east to produce the Speaker of the House as against the interest of South west from where Tinubu has positioned the outgoing Minority Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has made Tinubu to rescind his decision to support Akume.
Tinubu’s u-turn, however, was remotely orchestrated by Buhari’s stance on working with people with healthy social life styles.
Enter Senator Bukola Saraki
Another contestant of the senate number one seat is Bukola Saraki from Kawara State. At the moment, the pendulum is swinging to his side but again, it was gathered, the camp of the APC national leader is not comfortable with his candidacy.
One of the reasons being bandied around is that Saraki is “arrogant”. But many people feel his “arrogance” is likened to giving a dog a bad name to hang it.
In their perspective, Saraki has a mind of his own and may not be easily tossed around by Tinubu or even Buhari when elected Senate President.
But again, feelers say Buhari is not disposed to work with anyone who has pending issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Tinubu dumps Akume, goes for Ahmed Lawan
To stop the candidacy of Hon. Yakubu Dogari from Bauchi State who is gunning for the House Speakership, Tinubu has obviously deserted Akume and shopped alternative from north east.
His newest catch now is the Chairman, Senator Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Ahmed Lawan from Yobe State.
To the chagrin of many people, Senator Remi, Tinubu’s wife last week openly campaigned for Lawan on the floor of the senate, registering a general impression that the table has turned against Akume.
According to sources, the aim of the Tinubus is to dislodge Dogari who appears to be leading in the speakership contest, given the feeling that the north east cannot produce both the senate presidency and the speaker.
The impeding showdown
An APC source told Vanguard on Friday that Tibunu’s insistence on Gbajabiamila would be roundly resisted by APC members.
But Should the idea eventually sail through, the source who craved anonymity said a Tambuwal scenario where the members jettisoned the then PDP’s preferred choice, Hon. Akande Adiola in 2011 and went for a more credible and acceptable candidate, Aminu Tambuwal, would be repeated.
Emergency of Legacy/Equity Groups
Already, the seemingly unhealthy developments have thrown up divisions in the National Assembly.
Members are now forced to realign with their old blocs in the face of Tinubu’s unyielding disposition in the power sharing.
Groups have emerged. While founding members of APC head for Legacy Group, the group of G5 Governors and G37 lawmakers also called New PDP, nPDP which defected from the PDP to APC have formed Equity Group.
Recall that APC was a product of legacy parties made up of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, All Nigerian People’s Party, ANPP, Congress for Progressives Change, CPC and a faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA involving Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
“For Instance, many have started thinking that the former ACN has produced the Vice President-Elect, Professor Yemi Osibanjo who is Tinubu’s candidate. Conceding the Senate Presidency to him using either Akume or Lawan and the House Speakership using Gbajabiamila would mean that ACN has got everything leaving almost nothing for other parties except CPC which has produced the president-elect, General Buhari. So, what happens to ANPP and APGA?” A source asked.
Similarly, the Equity group which is populated by former members of PDP are now reaching out to their colleagues in the PDP for support.
“The is likely to be the scenario you will use. And I can tell you that with this arrangement, the PDP senators will queue behind Saraki and Dogari to spite Tinubu.
“Remember that it is just a difference of 11 Senators in the senate while in the House, you have 139 PDP members. Besides, Section 50 of the constitution stipulates that members should elect their leaders. So, it is not for the party to dictate. That was exactly how Tambuwal emerged. And I tell you that the scenario may repeat itself if care is not taken”, the source added.
According to the source, the mission is to save Nigeria from one man’s grip. He argued that allowing one man to produce the Vice President, senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives may spell doom for the country.
South east caucus of APC pleads Buhari for speaker/Deputy
Meanwhile, the race for the speakership assumed an interesting dimension when the south east caucus on Thursday indicated interest in the speakership of the House.
At a meeting with Buhari, the leader of the group, Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha pleaded that with their 3 members-elect, the zone should be considered for speakers.
But where that fails, Okorocha said, they should be considered for the deputy speaker of the House.
At the moment, all the camps; Gbajabiamila, Dogari and Saraki, Lawan are seriously wooing their PDP counter-parts.
Vanguard can authoritatively report that meetings are being
held at the Lagos Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja where Saraki and Dogara are perfecting their plans.
But against this backdrop, a south west source who has sympathy for his people warned that if APC wants to end its rule at just one term of 4 years, it should shove the zone out of the speakership.
“If APC wants to end in 2019, let them give the north east the Speakership after giving the Senate President to North East or North central and see”, he said.
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In dis write up, i can't see where d South South is mentioned, if they try to sideline the south south especially from the speakership position and then resort to zoning all the positions between the north and South west, it will further divide this country than it has.
My opinion though!!

When you gather atomic bomb, hydrogen bombo, plutonium bomb smelling shit, kerosine, petrol, BH, amala and ewedu, people of evil minds and intention, perpetual thieves, fraudsters, and rogue mentally derrange people, almajiris, cradle robbers, rapist, ritualist together in one room, this is typycal defination of APC.
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Passingshot egift omenka gbawe ur attention is needed here.

you all should just divide this country. each zone on their own..

APC need to learn from PDP mistakes. I think they should not use zoning to determine the various positions. Let the best candidate win irrespective of his zone. The senate members should decide their leaders

After all is said and done, APC will emerge from this dilemma stronger and more united as they have demonstrated on many occasions in the past.

The sw wants to take all the positions from the south, the lower Niger region would rather allow the northerners have it than let Tinubu have his way. He would soon know The difference btw the NASS and the LSHA

All of them fighting for their pockets using "zone" as cover. Nonsense! We all anticipated this infighting from the undemocratic and the party without ideology but only rose to power through fraud, conspiracy and deceit under the change mantra. They are free to destroy themselves but we won't allow them destroy Nigeria.

Btw did I read this?

But again, feelers say Buhari is not disposed to work with anyone who has pending issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

And he appointed Sylva to head his inauguration committee. #Baba Should Stop deceiving Himself

Kennywills7:
In dis right i can't see where d South South is mentioned, if they try to sideline the south south especially from the speakership position and then resort to zoning all the positions between the north and South west, it will further divide this country than it has.
My opinion though!!

Which SS? The South South don't need any crumbs packaged as House Speakerskip or Senate Presidency. We need true federalism/resource control or referendum.

Lol.. It's expected. It's a new party with zero laid-down ideologies...yet

clash of interest will disintegrate APC mark my words.

PassingShot:
After all is said and done, APC will emerge from this dilemma stronger and more united as they have demonstrated on many occasions in the past.

this is what PDP always say until recently.


Well all i know is that many people in the house of assembly who are none yorubas detest tinubu & will do everything to spite him.

Saraki is likely going to be the new senate president or PDP takes it back.

Tinubu is only afraid of sarakis ambition of becoming the president of nigeria in 2019

Chigold101:
this is what PDP always say until recently.


Well all i know is that many people in the house of assembly who are none yorubas detest tinubu & will do everything to spite him.

Saraki is likely going to be the new senate president or PDP takes it back.

Tinubu is only afraid of sarakis ambition of becoming the president of nigeria in 2019

Personally I do not want Tinubu to have his way at the Senate.

I do not have any problems with Saraki as the president of the senate either.

Trust me, APC has proved to be more matured in handling crisis than PDP if we judge by what APC has passed through in its short life history.

barcanista:
Which SS? The South South don't need any crumbs packaged as House Speakerskip or Senate Presidency. We need true federalism/resource control or referendum.

Personally am for resource control!
We can't continue to feed d entire nation while being treated with hate and conspiracies, it is only fair that we control our resources, it is only then we will know if truly there is ONE NIGERIA

Kennywills7:

Personally am for resource control!
We can't continue to feed d entire nation while being treated with hate and conspiracies, it is only fair that we control our resources, it is only then we will know if truly there is ONE NIGERIA

I agree with you here my brother. Sadly, every attempt to institute resource control has been resisted in the past by the usual people. We have to press for it OR we go on a referendum because we can't continue to be at the mercies of some people. This I believe is fair and just!

barcanista:
I agree with you here my brother. Sadly, every attempt to institute resource control has been resisted in the past by the usual people. We have to press for it OR we go on a referendum because we can't continue to be at the mercies of some people. This I believe is fair and just!

We the Niger deltans have to fight for our right!
we can't continue like this, When we stand as one nothing can stop us!
Looking at d Niger Delta, one will wonder if truly it is d region bearing the weight of the rest regions! so underdeveloped, agriculture is nothing to write home about due to d oil exploration, the air is polluted, even water is not left out due to oil spillage,
Yes we hv corrupt leaders but We will deal with dat internally but It is only fair that we control our resources and we can shout One Nigeria peacefully and happily

PassingShot:


Personally I do not want Tinubu to have his way at the Senate.

I do not have any problems with Saraki as the president of the senate either.

Trust me, APC has proved to be more matured in handling crisis than PDP if we judge by what APC has passed through in its short life history.

lolzzzz

APC have never been faced with single problem, not even one... Or remind me that problem they faced.

You dont have problem with saraki becoming the senate president but i tell you, ACN (tinubus APC) have a problem with that.

Kennywills7:

We the Niger deltans have to fight for our right!
we can't continue like this, When we stand as one nothing can stop us!
Looking at d Niger Delta, one will wonder if truly it is d region bearing the weight of the rest regions! so underdeveloped, agriculture is nothing to write home about due to d oil exploration, the air is polluted, even water is not left out due to oil spillage,
Yes we hv corrupt leaders but We will deal with dat internally but It is only fair that we control our resources and we can shout One Nigeria peacefully and happily

This is just the way forward. The local corrupt leaders will be shown that it is not business as usual after our demand of either resource control/true federalism or a referendum is achieved. Those so called local leaders are the cancer of our region. Anyway, we won't relent neither shall we beg anybody to "show mercy". We must take the bull by the horn.

barcanista:
This is just the way forward. The local corrupt leaders will be shown that it is not business as usual after our demand of either resource control/true federalism or a referendum is achieved. Those so called local leaders are the cancer of our region. Anyway, we won't relent neither shall we beg anybody to "show mercy". We must take the bull by the horn.

I totally agree with u

No going back,,,oh yes

It should Result to Unmasking the Witch broom carrying party(confusionists)
......whether the painted party likes it or not,,,they must bow to reasons why PDP must produce a Speake

In marthin onovo's voice " its very simple"

Well the South-South and South-East are fighting for resource control, how will that work when they won't have representatives in leadership positions in the National Assembly

APC emerqinq victorious in the just concluded presidential election, is just the start off of problems in this nation...so I perceive

AhmedMustapha:
Well the South-South and South-East are fighting for resource control, how will that work when they won't have representatives in leadership positions in the National Assembly

U'll soon know



@OP

I thought they were shouting change, why the different interests ? One Nigeria, North East can have all as long as they are in APC, or are there some APC folks who are not saints and change agents ? APC are saints, no need for zoning.

PedroJP:



U'll soon know

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail so I ask again with the way things are going what's the plan to achieve your goal of resource control

For me given the speaker to the north is much more better than conceding it to Tinubu and the south west who already have the vice president. If they want the speaker then they shld relinquish the vice president position.
Also I will huge all PDP members not to support any APC candidate instead field their own candidate in alliances with aggrieved APC member promising them key position they will come out victorious

#I rep Niger Delta

PedroJP:



U'll soon know



@OP

I thought they were shouting change, why the different interests ? One Nigeria, North East can have all as long as they are in APC, or are there some APC folks who are not saints and change agents ? APC are saints, no need for zoning.

Twud shock those who voted APC in... GEJ my hero, Fayose my role model **queued in**

drtwist:
For me given the speaker to the north is much more better than conceding it to Tinubu and the south west who already have the vice president. If they want the speaker then they shld relinquish the vice president position.
Also I will huge all PDP members not to support any APC candidate instead field their own candidate in alliances with aggrieved APC member promising them key position they will come out victorious

#I rep Niger Delta

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