Governors on the platform of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold another closed door meeting next week
with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The information came after
Tuesday’s meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ended in deadlock.
Governors kept sealed lips as
they came out of the Council Chamber where they met with the President for over
an hour.
NAN reports that the meeting
could not reach consensus on some of the issues discussed, including the
challenges facing the APC national executives over tenure elongation.
The governors, who appeared
divided over the issue of tenure elongation for the APC national executives,
had met briefly among themselves before the arrival of President Buhari for the
meeting.
Governors at the meeting included
Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Jubrilla Bindow (Adamawa), Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Rauf
Aregbesola (Osun), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Abdufatah
Ahmed (Kwara).
Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Abdullahi
Ganduje (Kano), Tanko Al- Makura (Nasarawa), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Rochas
Okorocha (Imo), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Abubakar Bello
(Niger).
Others were Aminu Tambuwal
(Sokoto), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Samuel Ortom
(Benue), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun).
Katsina State Governor, Aminu
Masari and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe were absent at the meeting while Gov.
Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State was represented by his deputy.
Earlier in the day, APC National
Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun had inaugurated a committee to advise the party on
the way forward following President Buhar’s recent opposition to the tenure
extension.
“As we all know, a motion was
moved at the last National Executive Committee meeting of February 27, 2018, to
the effect that when the tenure of the current executives expire in June this
year, they should be allowed to continue for one year”, Buhari had recalled.
“This motion was duly carried by
a majority of members present at the last NEC meeting, even though some of our
party members have since spoken up very vehemently against it. Others have even
taken the matter to court.
“On my own part, I have taken
some time to review and seek advice on the resolution. And what I found is that
it contravenes both our party Constitution and the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria,” he had said.
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