{"id":27091,"date":"2015-06-24T06:09:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T05:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/new\/?p=27091"},"modified":"2015-06-26T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T03:28:00","slug":"apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"APC insists on Lawan, Gbajabiamila as Senate, House leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday wrote to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, stating the party\u2019s position on principal officers for the eighth National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The letter to Saraki, reads: \u201cPlease find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party, after excessive consultations for the 8th Senate as follows: Senator Ahmed  Lawan(Majority Leader)\u2013North-East; Prof. Sola Adeyeye (Chief Whip)\u2013South-West; Sen. George Akume (Deputy Majority Leader)\u2014North-Central; and Sen. Abu Ibrahim (Deputy Chief Whip)\u2014North-West.<\/p>\n<p>A similar letter to the Speaker says: \u201cPlease find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party after extensive consultations for the eighth House of Representatives  as follows:  Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (House Leader) South-West; Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwab(Deputy House Leader)\u2014North-West; Hon. M. T. Monguno (Chief Whip)\u2014North-East; and Hon. Pally Iriase (Deputy Chief Whip)\u2014South-South. This comes with the assurances of my highest regards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source said that \u201cThe APC leadership is ready to assert the supremacy of the party and enforce party discipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only honourable path is for the President of the Senate and the Speaker to respect the party\u2019s wish by accommodating those aggrieved over their election. We need to heal wounds and ensure a sustainable reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do not reconcile, the Eighth National Assembly will not be able to stabilise. We cannot afford to derail this new administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless there is another agenda at play, the new National Assembly leaders should make peace with their colleagues by adopting the party\u2019s lists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party has a say in the choice of principal officers. This was the case in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Republics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Us<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_32x32_style addthis_default_style\"> <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_follow\" addthis:userid=\"pages\/NewMailNG\/156576314503603\"><\/a> <a class=\"addthis_button_twitter_follow\" addthis:userid=\"NewMailNG\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5328a5e30a5c9646\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday wrote to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, stating the party\u2019s position on principal officers for the eighth National Assembly. The letter to Saraki, reads: \u201cPlease find below for your necessary action names of principal officers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119,32,1315,20740,12443,20817,6473,16069],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>APC insists on Lawan, Gbajabiamila as Senate, House leaders | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday wrote to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, stating the party\u2019s position on principal officers for the eighth National Assembly.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC insists on Lawan, Gbajabiamila as Senate, House leaders | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday wrote to Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, stating the party\u2019s position on principal officers for the eighth National Assembly.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/NewMailNG\/156576314503603\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-24T05:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-26T03:28:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Saraki-Oyegun-and-Lawan.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Semiu Salami\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NewMailNG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NewMailNG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Semiu Salami\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Semiu Salami\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e85a85955414bf9ac19c6085145fb6eb\"},\"headline\":\"APC insists on Lawan, Gbajabiamila as Senate, House leaders\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-24T05:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-26T03:28:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/apc-insists-on-lawan-gbajabiamila-as-senate-house-leaders\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Saraki-Oyegun-and-Lawan.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"All Progressives Congress\",\"APC\",\"Hon. 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