Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan,
has told the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President
Muhammadu Buhari, that the party’s senate caucus will impeach Senate President,
Bukola Saraki, and “force through a lot of things” when lawmakers reconvene on
Tuesday.
Lawan spoke during the APC
Presidential Convention, held at the Eagle Square, in Abuja, at the weekend.
The national convention ratified
Buhari’s candidacy as the standard-bearer of the APC in the 2019 presidential
election.
Lawson also used the opportunity
to make a passionate appeal to the Presidency and the APC national leadership
to intervene in the challenges some of the National Assembly members were
facing.
The Senate leader said, “The
senate wishes to assure you that we will remain in our caucus determined,
focused and resolved to work with you.
“On July 15, this year, when we
had unceremonious closure of the Senate and the National Assembly for the first
time, we had the most cohesive, united and focused APC caucus in the Eighth
senate.
“We remain committed to you and
the programmes of this administration. We remain loyal to our party, and we
shall continue to support any programme of this administration.
“We thank Mr. President for
supporting senators who have remained committed and loyal to this party.
“I want to take this opportunity
to thank the chairman and leaders of the party, for supporting us at the most
difficult times in the history of our primaries.
“I want to add that it is not yet
uhuru for some of us. We believe that there are still some issues to be
resolved in favour of some of our colleagues.
“I want to also add that the
number of senators of APC in the senate remains the largest. I want to call the
attention of everyone here to the fact that democracy, as defined by people,
remains government of the majority, where minority will always have their say.
“Those who cannot remember that
there was a time in this country when nine was greater than 16, I want to
remind them that we have come to that point again.
“Now, we have our chamber
dominated and occupied by minority leaders. They remain minority leaders
occupying our positions. Those who refuse to follow the part of honour and
integrity by exiting; we will send them out with ignominy.
“I want to assure everyone here
that 2019 is going to be a walkover for Mr. President, by the grace of God. It
will see APC winning more than 24 states.
“We will have a national assembly
where vast majority of senators will be from the APC and in the House of
Representatives.
“We want to have a National
Assembly that will, at all times, work with Mr. President, day and night, to
deliver to Nigerians what we have lost over the years.
“The leadership of the National
Assembly has shown to us that they are not prepared to be loyal to this
administration.
“On Tuesday, we will be going
back to the National Assembly when our recess is over. We intend to force
through a lot of things and pass that budget for INEC and the security agencies
for the 2019 election.
“If we cannot convince them, we
intend to force through the foreign plan for this administration. Some people
have taken our mandate and ran away with it. We intend to fight, defend and
promote the interest of this party at all cost,” he assured.
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