MAGU: Senate APC, PDP caucuses hold parallel meetings today

Barring any last minute changes, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party caucuses in the Senate will be meeting with the leaders of their parties today.

While the APC caucus’ meeting with the National Working Committee of the ruling party is billed to discuss the disagreements between the upper chamber of the National Assembly and the Presidency, the PDP caucus is also expected to discuss the same issue with the opposition party’s leaders.

It was learnt on Monday night that another issue on the agenda of the meetings was the rejection of the nomination of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, by the Senate.

A competent source in the Senate told our correspondent that the ruling party’s lawmakers, who are in the majority in the Senate, had been losing their grip on issues in the chamber.

The source said, “This will be the first time the APC caucus will be meeting with leadership of the party since the 8th Senate was inaugurated almost two years ago. That is why you see a conflict of interest on critical issues, which they should have discussed together, are treated in the Senate. Even within the caucus, the senators are not on the same page on certain issues.”
Punch, April 4, 2017

 

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