Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Don't blame Tinubu for NASS Crisis - Reps Member

A member of the House of Repre­sentatives, repre­senting Lagos Mainland federal constituency, Hon. AbdulRaheem Olajide Ji­moh, has cautioned those pointing accusing fingers at the National Leader of the All Progressives Con­gress, APC, and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ti­nubu over the crisis rock­ing the National Assem­bly.
In his reaction to the crisis, Jimoh stressed that Tinubu is not dictating to the party and whoever ac­cuses him of not doing well amongst party members is an ingrate.
He averred that Asiwaju Tinubu was the brain be­hind the formation of the APC, adding: “This man worked with others for the party to stand and succeed in the last general elections, so nobody should ridicule him.
“Whoever says that Ti­nubu is dictating to the party is an ingrate. Such a person needs to fear God. Nobody has the right to ac­cuse him of any wrong do­ing at all.”
On the leadership tussle in the National Assembly, Jimoh said: “The position of the party is supreme despite personal ambition from various caucauses.”
Jimoh said that the Sen­ate President, Senator Bu­kola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representa­tives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dog­ara should apologise to the party and all its leaders for going against the position of the party.
He said: “What we are ex­periencing in the National Assembly is a kind of mis­understanding amongst the lawmakers on the lead­ership positions in the two chambers.
“We have over 200 APC members in the House of Representatives, if we don’t agree to follow the party’s position on the House lead­ership, we should go back to the floor of the House and vote for those who would occupy the other offices.
“I stand on the party’s position on the principal offices of the two chambers because we were all elected on the platform of the par­ty. Therefore, we should all respect its decision at any point in time.”

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