The new National Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday assured the party's caucus in the
Senate of quick resolution of crisis facing the party nationwide.
Oshiomhole, a two-time former governor of Edo State,
who met with Senate APC caucus alongside members of the party's National
Working Committee (NWC) in Senate Committee Room 301, said his major concern
now is on how to resolve all crisis bedeviling the party.
He specifically mentioned the crisis associated
with the conduct of party primaries at ward, local government and state levels
and promised that the party leadership would do its best to resolve them.
The APC chairman emphasised that in as much as the
ruling party is rated as the biggest party in Nigeria and by extension in
Africa, it is not interested in dysfunctional bigness or size.
Oshiomhole, a former President of the Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC), said what the party under his leadership wants is unity with committed and loyal members.
According to him, “This idea of wanting to be seen as the
biggest party in Nigeria and Africa without required functionality as a united
group with clear direction of destination is not our focus but a party
populated by members who are committed and loyal to its desires of taking
Nigeria to greater heights.
"Yes, it is good to be big or large in size as
a party but becoming too big and
dysfunctional is not good for us,” he further said.
He, however, distanced the party's national executive from utterances made by
some party chieftains that any aggrieved party member is free to
leave the party.
"We do not subscribe to the position of people
within the party saying anybody can go anywhere," the former governor
said.
He explained to the APC senators that the purpose
of the NWC visit was for heart-to-heart
discussions towards finding solutions to
whatever problems they have with the
party at whatever levels.
Accordingly, he said regardless of the magnitude of
the crises that may be afflicting the party at whatever level, the three
ingredients of commitment for justice , fairness and courage to stand by the
truth the new leadership is operating with, the party will come out stronger
from such crises .
Responding on behalf of APC Senators, Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said the submissions made by the national chairman
were very promising as regards moving the party forward.
"Party politics and democracy itself is
inherent with conflicts based disagreement requiring the form of rapprochement
you have brought,” he said.
Highlight of the visit was when one of the
aggrieved members of the party, Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC Zamfara Central)
described himself as chairman of disenfranchised members of APC in Zamfara
State.
Also, the announcement made by Senator Sunny
Ugborji (PDP Ebonyi South), as latest catch of APC, was not greeted by clapping
or hugging from any of the APC senators or NWC members.
The APC Senate caucus and the party's NWC members
thereafter went into a close-door meeting
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