President Buhari has expressed worry over the
lingering leadership crisis among members of the
ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the
National Assembly.
Speaking on “Good Morning Nigeria”, a
programme aired on NTA, on Monday, the
president said he did not want to be seen as
interferring in the internal affairs of another
branch of government.
“I have to be very sensitive to the constitution of
the country. I do not like to be told by anybody,
especially the legislators, that I am interferring in
their matter. There are three arms of government
—Executive, legislature and the judiciary.”
“Over the last 16 years, they have developed the
system of choosing their leaders. There is no
way I can directly interfere. All I can do through
the party is to appeal to their conscience that
what I already observed, we should go over it as
soon as possible."
“When I say ‘WE’, I mean the APC. We cannot
win the battle and lose the war. We must not
allow individual personal ambition to succeed in
dividing us and allow the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to deal with us. This is what the
National Assembly has allowed so far.”
“The APC is giving the PDP allowance to take
over the government again. This is extremely
disheartening, I am very worried,” the president
said expressing his frustration.
“The only thing I can do is to appeal to the
conscience of the APC members in the Senate
and House. It took us time to get to where we
are. I don’t want personal ambitions to scuttle
our success and, therefore, fail to deliver on our
promises to the nation.”
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