National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the former governor and immediate past senator representing Nasarawa South, and Governor Abdullahi Sule, as well as other key stakeholders of the party in the state, met in Lafia, the state capital, on Monday.
The meeting, held at the state’s seat of power, was presided over by Governor Sule, who stated that the interface was intended to “review the state of affairs within the party.”
LEADERSHIP gathered that the lingering leadership crisis rocking the State House of Assembly was a major item on the meeting’s agenda.
Although the Assembly is composed of members elected on the platform of different political parties, two stakeholders of the APC are vying for the speakership of the institution.
The meeting also reviewed the party’s performance in the last general elections in the state and addressed the discontent that arose from the exercises.
During the occasion, Governor Sule admitted the existence of a crisis within the party but emphasized that no family is devoid of misunderstandings.
“There is no family that is trouble-free; there is no family that won’t have one kind of misunderstanding or the other. It’s normal to have those, and it’s normal to scale through once you are having these kinds of issues,” he said.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after the meeting, the APC chairman in the state, Mr. John Mamman, acknowledged that the Assembly impasse was one of the prominent issues the party is working to resolve.
“We called this meeting to appreciate the efforts of our members, from the electioneering time to the election proper, swearing-in, and other party activities.
“We also discussed the state of affairs regarding the inauguration and constitution of the leadership of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. We have deliberated, and as a family, we all agree that since the matter is in court, only the court can decide otherwise.
“It is normal to have dissatisfied people within a family, but it doesn’t exclude them from being members of the family. We are doing all we can to bring everyone onboard.
“As far as we are concerned, we do not have a major crisis in the APC. The issue revolves around the constitution of the house leadership. By God’s grace, the matter will soon be resolved,” he said.
