Politics
No sanction for APC members involved in budget padding
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the party has no plan to sanction anybody over the raging budget padding allegations rocking the House of Representatives.
This was disclosed by the Deputy Chairman, North, of the APC, Lawal Shuaibu.
Shuaibu, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said the party was only concerned with its members’ conduct.
“What is padding? The party does not sanction anybody on that. What concerns us is where any member contravenes party constitution in his conduct.
“That is why I refer you to Article 7 subsection 5 of our party constitution. We are not a law enforcement organisation; we don’t enforce law.
“We only ensure that the constitution is complied with; any member of the party is answerable to the party and answerable to its constituency. The two members that are subjected to this are elected or appointed members of the party, including those that are holding public office.
“So you expect the party to sit down and watch? No, we have to do our work. The issue of us sweeping anything under the carpet does not arise at all. But we don’t do it in the market place; we do it in the party secretariat.”
Shuaibu however disclosed that the party is doing all they can to quietly end the crisis in the house.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews
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