The All Progressives Congress has called upon its members in the House of Representatives where it has a majority of 172 Reps to block all proposals and bills initiated by the Executive arm of the Federal Government.
The aim of this action, the Party disclosed, is to get the Federal Government to restore the “rule of law” and “constitutionalism” in Rivers State.
In a statement read to journalists by Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said,
“Following the forgoing and in view of the joint resolutions of the National Assembly on Rivers State, and other constitutional breaches by the Presidency, the APC hereby directs its members in the National Assembly, to block all “legislative proposals, including the 2014 Budget and confirmation of all nominees to military and civilian positions to public offices until the rule of law and constitutionalism are restored in Rivers State in particular, and Nigeria in general.
“The NEC of the APC has now resolved that if these acts of impunity and lawlessness continued unabated and the Police persist in being as an enforcement arm of the PDP(Peoples Democratic Party) to the detriment of our members, it will have no alternative but to ask our teeming members all over the country, and especially in Rivers State, to take whatever steps that are necessary to protect their lives and property.”