National Assembly Crisis: APC Underrated G-5 Governors, States Kwankwaso

Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano State former Governor states that the crisis in the National Assembly was caused by a miscalculation by the All Progressives Congress leadership.

He said that the leadership of the party probably underrated the G-5 governors in deciding on those that should vie for top positions in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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According to him, the miscalculation played out on the floor of the National Assembly during the election of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as their deputies.

Punch notes that Kwankwaso was one of five governors who defected from the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party to the APC while the other members of the group were Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Alhaji Magatakarda Wamakko (Sokoto)   and   Kwara State Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed.

He stated: “The leaders of APC may have underrated the members of the G-5 governors and their potential to do good or to do bad depending on the circumstances. Apart from this, some of ex-governors in the Senate felt a certain party leader had had a domineering influence on the party and had also had  his own fair share of positions. These, combined with other factors,  worked against the party’s interest during the elections in the National Assembly.”

Rabiu Kwankwaso expressed disappointment that the party missed some important steps that it should have taken to avoid the loss it suffered in the National Assembly.

The former Governor said: “On the issue of what went wrong with our party with regard to the crisis during the election of   the National Assembly leadership, I think so many things went wrong prominent of which has to do with time. The election was something that has relationship with time and we know very well that we had so many weeks to prepare ourselves for the elections in the legislative chambers.I wished time was really taken to ensure that we had a successful election.Although this is not the time to begin to trade blames, many of us had drawn the attention of our leaders to do the right thing at the right time. Sometimes, you might decide to do the right thing at the wrong time that will certainly back- fire.”

Kwankwaso added that the APC missed the   opportunity of resolving the issues probably because most of the people involved were facing such challenges for the first time in their political history.

Kwankwaso also noted: “I think the party is unfortunately divided but it is not too late to correct things. The party should take steps to correct things and to ensure that the crisis is quickly put behind it.”

He disclosed that he had advised Saraki not to pursue his ambition to be Senate President but he refused.

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