Even With Defections, APC Retains Senate Majority Seats – Says Majority Leader, Lawan

-
Image result for nigerian senate

The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan has disclosed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is still the majority in the Senate despite Tuesday’s defection of 15 members.
Senator Lawan made the disclosure to journalists after a close-door meeting with the APC National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the Party’s National Secretariat on Tuesday evening.
He gave a breakdown of the numbers as things presently stand.
All Progressives Congress (APC) – 53
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 49
African Democratic Congress (ADC) – 3
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) – 2
Vacant – 2
“Even though we have lost some of our colleagues to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) still retains the position of No. 1 Party with more seats than any other Party. Presently we (APC) have 53 Senators, PDP has 49, African Democratic Congress (ADC) has 3, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has 2 and we have 2 vacancies,” Lawan said.
“We lost our colleagues in Kaduna and Bauchi States (Died earlier this year); those were APC seats, very safe seats indeed. In August bye-elections will be held and by the Grace of God, the APC will reclaim the seats and the majority of the APC will increase.
“We are going to work very hard with our Party leaders here to reach out to our colleagues who have left us to try to explain to them and of course give them the comfort the APC is the Party to work with because we have a President who has been focused, who have done so much with so little resources in Nigeria, who is busy providing infrastructure in this country. I believe that every well-meaning Nigerian will do everything possible to support this kind of President.
“At the end of the day, we are hoping that our colleagues who have gone will come back to this Party to continue in the nation-building process,” he added.
Also THEWILL can report that despite the defection of 37 members of the party in the House of Representatives, the APC is still in the majority.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Court Stops National Assembly From Taking Over Bauchi Assembly

-
Image
As the National Assembly received a report from the committee it sent to Bauchi State to probe the leadership crisis rocking the state assembly since its inauguration last month, the state high court on Monday issued an order of interim injunction ordering that the present Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and Danlami Kawule respectively,   should continue leading the assembly pending the determination of the suit before it. Justice Muazu Abubakar, who issued the order, fixed October 3, 2019, for hearing of the motion and substantive application filed by the speaker, deputy speaker and other 11 members of the assembly who participated in the assembly election. Abubakar said after listening to and considering the submissions made by the lawyers of the applicants Barrister Jibrin Sa'id Jibrin, A.S Idris and U.K Adam, he hereby ordered that status qou between the parties in the suit be maintained until the determination of the motion on notice. I
Read more

Population of Doctors in Nigeria Hits 74,543

-
Image
  The number of registered medical doctors in Nigeria has risen to 74,543. According to the federal government statistics, as at 2018, the stock of professionally regulated health workers in Nigeria health sector has also recorded a significant increase. The population equates to 36.3 percent of medical doctors per 100,000 population (doctor to population ratio of 1: 2753). Fifty-nine percent of the registered medical practitioners were in good standing with 35 percent being females. While presenting the statistics at a one-day workshop on Nigeria Health Workforce for Universal Health Coverage organised by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Abuja, Deputy Director, Human Resource Department, Shakuri Kadiri, said there is a variation in the distribution of medical doctors by state of practice from the reported 2012 density. He said: "The density of medical doctors presented is based on the number of doctors in good stan
Read more

Drug Insecurity: House Urges FG to Fund Indigenous Drug Research

-
Image
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the federal government to invest more in the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development in order to encourage local and indigenous research. The House also urged the government to revisit the National Drug Policy as a way to promote and boost the medical industry. It directed its Committees on Health Institutions, Health Care Services and Science and Technology to organise a round table discussion to chart a probable course for the development of locally made drugs. The resolution was sequel to the adoption of a motion titled: 'Need to check the Rise of Drug Insecurity and to encourage Indigenous Production of Drugs in Nigeria', which was moved by Hon. Dennis Idahosa at the plenary. Moving the motion, Idahosa said the House is aware that China has recently been inflicted with the coronavirus disease which has paralysed its economy, thus rendering it unable to produce or
Read more