We Will not Share Energy With PDP – Oshiomhole Tells APC Rep-Elect

The Nationwide Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, Monday cautioned newly-elected members of the Home of Representatives beneath the platform of the get together in opposition to division as regards the structure of the Home management.

In his phrases,

“Please, don’t permit anyone to divide you.

“We will perform intensive consultations with Buhari and different leaders of the get together to harmonise points and, work out a smart zoning formulation that search to hold everyone alongside.

“We will not once more share any of the vital positions within the management of the Home of Representatives with the opposition PDP together with chairmanship of delicate committees.

“Earlier than the election, we had about 190 members. As we converse, Nigerians have re-elected 223 extra members on the platform of the APC.

“We now have overwhelming majority even when we need to amend the structure.

“I’m joyful to say that in the identical token, the Nigerian individuals have expressed much less confidence within the opposition PDP.

“For us to take pleasure in our numerical energy, we must always recognise we had been elected by the get together’s platform.

“APC will nominate the appropriate candidates to occupy the speaker, deputy speaker, chief ,Chief whip, deputy chief whip and others. Nonetheless, we will solely permit the opposition to occupy the Minority chief and chairmanship of the general public accounts committee as supplied by the structure.

“Our problem is to have a management of the Home of Representatives that can share the identical imaginative and prescient with the manager.

“We’re one household as proven in our broom.

“We now have the quantity and we are going to use the quantity to elect the leaders we wish,” he mentioned.

Reacting, a few of the newly-elected lawmakers, who spoke on behalf of their colleagues, pledged their undivided loyalty to the blueprint of the ruling get together within the discharge of their legislative duties.

The Nationwide Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday brainstormed the get together’s newly elected members of the Home of Representatives to make sure it occupies vital management place in forthcoming ninth consensus election of the decrease chamber’s management