The Presidency on
Sunday insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Executive
Council, NEC, meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa
was virtual not a physical one.
President Muhammadu
Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu said no one can dictate to the president where
to sit or hold meetings.
Recall that APC NEC
meeting, which led to the dissolution of the party’s National Working
Committee, NWC led by immediate past National Chairman was held at the Council
Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Reacting, the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had lambasted Buhari for using the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) Chambers and government resources to conduct party
affairs.
However, Buhari’s
spokesman, Garba Shehu said the meeting was held virtually to observe social
distancing.
A statement Shehu
signed and sent reads: “It is necessary that we put records in
their correct perspective concerning the recent meeting held by the National
Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which has,
unfortunately, drawn criticism due to lack of understanding.
“The stubborn
opinion held by the critics of the administration is that President Muhammadu
Buhari had called a political meeting in the “hallowed” chamber of the Federal
Executive Council, as if there is a law that says the President is barred from
holding meetings in certain sections of the vast Presidential Villa.
“Since the President
lives in the Villa, no one can, legally speaking, choose or dictate to him
where he can sit to hold meetings. So, what is wrong in the President
presenting himself before a camera and a TV screen in a digital conference at a
given location within the Villa?
“Just for the sake
of the argument, this meeting, we say emphatically, was not convened at the
Council Chamber. It was virtual, not a physical meeting.
“Why was it a
virtual meeting? The idea was to observe social distancing in view of health
concerns. Knowing how small the conference hall of the party is, social
distancing would only have been observed in the breach.”
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