A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that concerning the National Assembly Crisis, the All Progressives Congress underrated the G-5 governors and their ability to do god or bad.
Senator Kwakwanso during a press briefing 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 had to do with time.
“The election was something that had a relationship with time and we knew 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 blame, but 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 backfire.
“I think the party missed the crucial opportunity to resolve the issues probably because most of the people involved were facing these challenges for the first time in their political history.”
He explained that on the day of the inaugural sitting of the Eighth National Assembly, he was receiving a group of supporters who visited him from Kano that morning when a call came informing him that the election of Senate leadership had commenced.
When he got to the National Assembly Complex, he realised that the elections has concluded and the Senator Bukola Saraki has been elected as senate president.
He said “Many of these senators believed that Tinubu was supporting Senator (Ahmad) Lawan and because of that they opposed him.
“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 us.
“I believe that the party is doing something to calm frayed nerves and to bring back unity in the party.”
Meanwhile, Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, also revealed on Sunday night that the National Caucus of the APC would meet today with the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) on the crisis arising from the National Assembly leadership contest.
Al-Makura said “There is nothing abnormal about what happened. It is politics and this is because the APC is a conglomerate of varying interests.
“I consider what happened in the National Assembly as something natural and in spite of the bad blood this generated, we remain one united family.
“The party caucus and the BoT have been invited for a meeting which I believe will find a way forward for a lasting solution.”
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