Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and his
Deputy, Yusuf Lasun, were absent at the 6th National Executive Council,
NEC, meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, currently going on
at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.
National Chairman of the ruling party, Adams Oshiomhole, informed the
NEC members that Dogara and Lasun sent in letters apologising for their
inability to make it to the meeting.
Before the meeting went into a closed-door session, Oshiomhole stated
that Senator Ahmed Lawan, who is the Senate Majority Leader, will act
as the Senate President. Senate President Bukola Saraki had weeks ago
defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He stated this while observing protocols, saying, “Senate President,
well in the absence of the Senate President, the Senate Leader, Senator
Ahmed Lawal can stand in.”
The former Labour leader also gave account of his stewardship in the last two months in office.
He said under his leadership, the party recorded victories at the
Ekiti gubernatorial election, including the bye-elections that took
place in Bauchi and Katsina.
Oshiomhole however appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to show
more commitment in addressing genuine grievances that may have spurred
some members of the party to defect.