In an apparent defiance of the party’s directive that its
members block the exercise and similar executive proposals to the
National Assembly, at least seven senators of the
opposition All Progress Congress, APC, on Monday participated in the
screening of military chiefs nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan
last week.
Senators Attai Aidoko, Kogi State; Femi
Ojudu, Ekiti State; Boroffice Ajayi, Ondo State; Akin Odunsi, Ogun
State; Mohammed Saleh, Kaduna State; Kabiru Marafa, Zamfara State and
Bindowo Jibrilla, Adamawa State attended the meeting of the Joint
Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force, where the screening was
conducted.
The party had directed its members to
act against proposals from the executive, in protest of Mr. Jonathan’s
handling of the crisis in Rivers State where Governor Chibuike Amaechi,
the state police commissioner, Joseph Mbu, and some state lawmakers,
are embroiled in a prolonged feud. More after the jump..............
The APC said its members should
specifically block the passage of the 2014 budget, and the approval of
nominees for ministerial positions as well as confirmation of the
appointment of new military chiefs.
Ahead of the commencement of the
screening Monday, senators and members of the House of Representatives
indicated their readiness to heed the party’s instruction. But the
seven senators later took part in the meeting.
It was not clear what role the APC lawmakers played during the actual proceedings which was conducted behind closed-doors.
In his opening remarks, the chairman of
the joint committee, George Sekibo, said the exercise conformed with
the law, although it was the first time the National Assembly would
screen military nominees since the return of democracy.
They're not any different from PDP
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