Groups within the All Progressives Congress
(APC ) in the House of Representatives on Sunday
disagreed on caucus elections of Principal
Officers of the House.
NAN reports that the Equity Team and Loyalist
Group of the lower chamber of the National
Assembly kicked against their respective positions
over the selection of the four top leadership slots .
They are contending the sharing of the positions
of the House Leader, Deputy House Leader , Chief
Whip and Deputy Chief Whip of the House among
themselves.
Rep . Nasiru Zangon- Daura (Katsina -APC ) , a
member of the Loyalist Group , alleged that the
activities of the members of Equity Team would
adversely affect their legislative proceedings .
Zango-Daura told newsmen in Abuja that the
activities of a “ few disloyal members of the party
in collaboration with the opposition party’’ had
seriously undermined the victory of APC .
He alleged further that the alliance among the
members of the opposition parties and the 39
disloyal members of the APC produced Rep .
Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker .
“With a difference of just eight votes between
Dogara and Rep . Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker
should have realised the need to cultivate a
united house , ” he said .
He observed that the leadership crisis in the
House could truncate President Muhammadu
Buhari’ s development agenda. “The struggle is not
about the members of the group, it is about being
loyal and committed to party ’s manifesto .
“It is all about preventing the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP ) from hijacking the National Assembly
from our party.
“We hereby assure all those that voted for the
APC that we will never betray the trust you
reposed in us as your elected representatives in
the House, ” he said .
The Equity Group had earlier in a news conference
on Saturday in Abuja claimed that the majority of
the APC members in the House were consulted on
the caucus elections of principal officers .
The group said that Dogara proposed Rep .
Alhassan Doguwa (Kano -APC ) as House Leader,
Rep . Buba Jibrin (Kogi- APC ) as Deputy House
Leader, Rep . Pally Iriase (APC - Edo) as Chief Whip
and Rep . Chika Okafor (APC -Imo ) as Deputy Chief
Whip.
The Equity Group also claimed at the news
briefing that the Loyalist Group had agreed with
the arrangement.



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