Oyegun meets APC Senators over disunity in govt

Senators who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held a crucial meeting on Tuesday with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the party, led members of the NWC to the meeting which lasted for almost three hours and had all members of the party’s caucus in the Senate in attendance.

Feelers from the meeting, say all parties agreed to work for a united government focused on delivering on the promise of the party to the electorate.

Odigie-Oyegun and his deputy, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, told the Senators that though they acknowledged that the meeting was the first of its kind in the 22 months the party has taken control of government but that it was better late than never.

They urged the Senators to feel free to express their minds and that the party was ready to come out strongly and ensure that all issues causing disunity at all levels of government are addressed.

The party also briefed the Senators about the coming non-elective national convention and registration of members of the party.

Many of the Senators who spoke at the meeting reportedly made a frank assessment of the situation of the party and the relationship between the executive, legislature and party leadership but expressed their support for the peace initiative of the NWC.

The Senators urged the party leadership to ensure that the process of engagement with members of the executive and legislature continues on a regular basis and that the party always make genuine intervention when issues come up.

The executive and legislative arms of government have seemingly been at loggerheads over the last few weeks.

The Senate has insisted that some members of the executive were undermining the legislature, and has refused to fully cooperate with the executive on a number of issues, and approvals sought by the federal government.

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