It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 4:40am On Jul 05, 2015 |
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, has described as laughable claims by some people that he and some All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the House were planning to defect from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The speaker in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Adamu Hassan said there was no truth in the claims.
The statement quoted Dogara as saying he told visiting APC State party chairmen led by Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa, acting Chairman of the forum who also doubles as the Kano state APC chairman in his office, that the claims were ludicrous.
He said it was laughable for some people to insinuate that he and other APC members were planning to leave the party they helped to build. “I want to discountenance these ludicrous and laughable discussions that some of us in the House are even conniving with some people so that we can defect. Only a fool will believe that.”
“We have toiled day and night, we control the government at the centre, and in our states, then we park and move to a house that we deserted before, it is even unthinkable and unimaginable that someone will even make such assertions.”
Dogara also assured that the APC will overcome the current crisis saying, “we have been through a lot but obviously it is expected, as a new party we are beginning to know ourselves. It is expected that from the beginning we will have some kind of friction, but we cannot be con sumed by those frictions.”
On party supremacy, the Speaker said although he agreed that the party is supreme, he however, said absolute sovereignty and supremacy rest with the people.
“It is my deepest conviction as a student of democracy, I know that democracy is loosely defined as government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In actual fact, sovereignty in a democratic regime belongs to the people. The government is for the people and the party too is for the people.”
According to the Speaker, “absolute supremacy must be anchored on the sovereignty of our people because if we don’t pursue the interest of our people, you can guarantee the fact that sooner than later there may be no APC.”
“So the people must be at the centre of whatever policy we formulate or whatever directive we give to somebody. The party must have our peo ple at the centre of that activity otherwise the people will rebel against us and we don’t pray for such.”
The Speaker assured the party chairmen that he and all APC members of the House are not disloyal to the party because “all of us contributed immensely to the building of the APC. It is our duty to ensure that the party survives. And they say it is only a mad man that will use the same hands that he used in building a house to pull it down. We are not mad, we are not fools.”
Dogara, warned that the APC risked losing popularity if it makes the mistake of mar ginalizing some zones in the sharing of positions of principal officers of the National Assembly because when elections come, the party will go back to the people to seek for their support “We have to extend the hands of friendship and brotherhood to them to ensure that we strengthen their position so that we can make considerable inroad into those states. And if we don’t do that then we should be counting, our days because if Nigerians didn’t save PDP, if we mess up they won’t save us. We owe more than just passing interest in ensuring that we continue in the task of rebuilding the APC.”
He therefore called on all party members and leaders to put national interest over and above all other considerations saying, “There was one judge who once remarked that there is one consideration that is even above the constitution even though the constitution of the land is the supreme law, the grand norm but the constitution does not even acknowledge it. He said that consideration is national interest. If there is no Nigerian there won’t be Nigerian con stitution.”
“As long as we put this national interest forward we are not going to have a problem, we want to be in this for the long hold and not a sprint race but rather a marathon. Sincerely speaking we cannot afford that APC becomes an exclusive club of certain privileged people. We must spread our hands otherwise we will diminish. And that therefore means that the work has just begun especially in states that we are not in power.”
He said it was incumbent on the APC to partner with opposition party in the House because “the House is always a one house, we work in such a way that will keep the House united in spite of our political party affiliations. “
“If we have divisions in the House and if that division is sharply along party lines, most of the instructions you will give us in-form of pro grammes that you send to us through the executive may suffer delay. Our people will expect that we use our majority position to bring about leadership with cooperation from even the opposition party and deliver the promise of change.”
Speaking earlier, Doguwa said they were in the Speaker’s office to congratulate him and urged him to carry every member along in the running of the affairs of the House. He also assured the Speaker of their readiness to support the leadership to ensure that they succeed. http://sunnewsonline.com/new/it-is-laughable-to-say-we-are-leaving-apc-dogara/ |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by HungerBAD: 4:40am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Even me i laughed when i read the story earlier.
It is Metuh, the older brother of Barcanista at work. 2 Likes |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Sijo01(f): 4:53am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Possibilities cannot be rule out. With naija politicians, unthinkable funny things are possible. 1 Like |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Nobody: 4:56am On Jul 05, 2015 |
[quote author=Rilwayne001 post=35497182][/quote]
Buhari popularity won u guys d election, leave at ur own risk |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 4:58am On Jul 05, 2015 |
yemaldo:
Buhari popularity won u guys d election, leave at ur own risk
Exactly. 1 Like |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by kazmanbanjoko(m): 5:09am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Who else wakes up in the morning and checks their Facebook like its the morning paper? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by westgermany: 5:09am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Dogara be like shoroniyen |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by bamog(m): 5:12am On Jul 05, 2015 |
oya tel me aw diz post go make chelsea win community shield wen cech dey post 4 arsenal ? |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:12am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Sijo01: Possibilities cannot be rule out. With naija politicians, unthinkable funny things are possible. I know saTANists like you would be here giving yourself false hope. Dream on miss TANoid, dream on. |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:13am On Jul 05, 2015 |
bamog: oya tel me aw diz post go make chelsea win community shield wen cech dey post 4 arsenal? When is the community shield gan nan? |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:14am On Jul 05, 2015 |
westgermany: Dogara be like shoroniyen
Oya wa lenu ooooo |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Sijo01(f): 5:18am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Rilwayne001:
I know saTANists like you would be here giving yourself false hope. Dream on miss TANoid, dream on. Save yourself from developing HBP... ... .. .. am not partisian |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by jammani(m): 5:19am On Jul 05, 2015 |
And this is always the first thing they say after which "BREAKING" comes up. Remebr the Tambuwal story |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by bamog(m): 5:23am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Rilwayne001:
When is the community shield gan nan? early august sha!!!! |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:25am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Sijo01:
Save yourself from developing HBP... I'm not getting any HBP ma'am. You are the one that need to stop worrying your life over APC/PMB. .. am not partisian Yeah, you are not partisan on this thread, but it doesn't change the fact that you displayed yesterday how discombobulated you are. |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:26am On Jul 05, 2015 |
bamog: early august sha!!!!
All right. |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 5:30am On Jul 05, 2015 |
bamog: early august sha!!!!
All right. |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by stuff46(m): 5:33am On Jul 05, 2015 |
I like the way Apc and it peoples are ranting |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Misternas89(m): 5:45am On Jul 05, 2015 |
If I hear say una no fit change....mtcheeewwww. Well I'm a kwaran n I know @Bukolasaraki 2 be a maradona in politics, mehn if dt guy decamp 2day to MP3 party in kwara, aswear wit my left ball na all hin candidates go win IN KWARA STATE. So anytin Cn happen Mr Dogoyaro ooops sori Dogara 1 Like |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Rilwayne001: 6:59am On Jul 05, 2015 |
stuff46: I like the way Apc and it peoples are ranting |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Sijo01(f): 7:39am On Jul 05, 2015 |
Rilwayne001:
I'm not getting any HBP ma'am. You are the one that need to stop worrying your life over APC/PMB.
Yeah, you are not partisan on this thread, but it doesn't change the fact that you displayed yesterday how discombobulated you are. With the rate you're ranting up and down here, you're sure gonna develop one. No two ways about it. |
Re: It Is Laughable To Say We Are Leaving APC – Dogara by Nobody: 8:43am On Jul 05, 2015 |
HungerBAD: Even me i laughed when i read the story earlier.
It is Metuh, the older brother of Barcanista at work. What concerns me with Dogara or Saraki defection? I never liked them as politicians despite my support for their candidacy against that of apc for speaker and Sp respectively. |