Visitors, staff and even national
leaders of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) had a tough time
coping with the performance of their
official activities at the headquarters
of the party following several hours of
blackout and faulty generating set.
Our correspondent, who monitored
events at the secretariat of the ruling
party in Abuja gathered that apart
from opening all the windows and
doors of their offices to cope with the
intensity of the heat, many others had
to even hang outside because of lack
of power supply.
Although the National Chairman, Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun,received visitors
and attended to official functions
almost all day, he equally had a fair
share of the hostile situation as he
was said to have lamented the
situation which he attributed to the
faulty generator.
Speaking further, our sources said the
chairman was even sweating while
attending to visitors, adding that the
harsh economic situation in the
country is not only affecting the ruling
party but also grounding several
activities. “We have been like this
since today. There was no power
supply at the secretariat almost all
day just as experienced in other parts
of the country.
The staff are concerned about the
situation but when the national
chairman was sweating and receiving
visitors under this condition, what do
we do.
“If not because of the faulty
generating set, the effect would not
have been as pronounced . It is
laughable that a ruling party like APC
cannot fix a faulty standby generator.
It is a confirmation of the harsh
economic situation. I don’t want to
say that the party is broke but like the
chairman confirmed some time ago, we
are equally facing some financial
challenges,” our source said.
Although all attempts to reach either
the party boss or his assistant
director on publicity including a text
message failed, a staff at the
headquarters, who spoke in
confidence, however assured that the
generating set would be fixed
unfailingly today.
Meanwhile, the President Muhammadu
Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG)
has condemned the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the
Senate over threat to make
governance difficult for the President
if the Senate President, Bukola Saraki
is removed.
The group, in a statement signed by
the national coordinator, Muhammad
Labbo and the secretary, Cassidy
Madueke, yesterday in Abuja, said: “It
is totally unpatriotic for some senators
to seek to compound the nation’s
problems, at a period when the
President and his team are working
round the clock to fix the country from
the rot the PDP administration left it.”
The statement further said it is on
record that one Senator Clifford Ordia
representing Edo Central had in a
press statement stated that in their
support for the embattled Senator
Saraki “that they will make
governance difficult should Senator
Saraki be removed.
“We want to put on record that
President Muhammadu Buhari does not
interfere in the affairs of the
Legislature and therefore should not
be distracted from delivering the
promised “Change” to Nigerians. “The
President does not have a hand in the
trial of Senator Saraki, as all
institutions of government are allowed
to carry out their responsibilities
without let or hindrance,” he said.
Daily Sun
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