Bola Tinubu, national leader of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, former interim leader of the
ruling party were absent when President Muhammadu Buhari hosted members of his
party at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo;
Senate President Bukola Saraki; Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of
representatives, were in attendance.
Also at the meeting were current
and past state governors of the ruling party, members of the national assembly,
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and other
cabinet ministers.
The politicians gathered ahead of
the national executive council (NEC) meeting scheduled for APC headquarters on
Tuesday.
The meeting, which held at the
new banquet hall of the state house, Abuja, started around 8:20pm.
According to NAN, one of the
major issues was the review of the APC constitution and consideration of report
on true federalism as well as other matters.
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of
Kaduna state, chaired the APC committee on true federalism.
The committee looked at 12 issues
including merging of states, fiscal federalism and devolution of power.
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