Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has admitted that it had not been easy for the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the plethora of crises in the party was only a reflection of that.
They said the party was still learning the ropes of governance but that efforts were underway to resolve the crisis.
Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, who stated this during a chat with journalists in Abuja, disclosed that this was the topic of discussion between the governors and President Muhammadu Buhari last week.
He said; “The APC is a party that has come to power recently and it has come to power from an opposition political party and I must confess that we are experiencing teething problems in the APC and being in government is a new phenomenon. I cannot say that things are going on smoothly and that is why we (APC governors) paid a visit to Mr President and discuss the need for governors to be called upon to delve into the problems in the party with a view to reinvigorating it so that it can keep performing as the party of the government in power.
“So, we are trying to address this issue and Mr President. Has graciously allowed us and we have formed committees in the APC Governors’ Forum to address this issue and others bedevilling the ruling party.
“At the state level, there are problems particularly with our representatives at the centre and what I always say is, the most beautiful form of government us constitutional democracy especially where the constitution is written as we have in Nigeria.
“The beauty is that the functions and powers of every level of government has been stipulated in the constitution. So, if we are going to abide by the functions and powers allocated to us in the constitution, there would not be any area of friction but because the APC is new to governance, we are having what I earlier called teething problems but we are addressing all of them even the problem in Bauchi state which made headlines are not insurmountable and even as I speak, there are moves to address these problems in the APC in Bauchi State”.