Following the Thursday, October 29, express confirmation of all the prospective ministers nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to join his cabinet, the ruling All Progressives Congress has expressed satisfaction at the manner at which the Senate conducted both the screening and the confirmation.
Lai Mohammed
According to Daily Trust, the party said that the confirmations despite some misgivings by the opposition have shown that the party’s legislators are ready to work with the executive toward the implementation of its agenda for the benefit of all Nigerians.
Mohammed, who is also one of the ministers-to-be, said: “The cohesion and unity exhibited by the APC Senators on Thursday have shown that our legislators are ready to work with the executive and the party to ensure that the agenda of the party is implemented for the benefit of all Nigerians.
“We commend all our members and leaders in the Senate and indeed the leadership of the APC for this show of unity.”
The party spokesman said that despite the actions of the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, by walking out of the Senate plenary session, the party believes that democracy was at work in the Senate yesterday.
The PDP senators had refused to participate in the plenary session over the controversies surrounding the confirmation of the former governor of Rivers state, Chibuike Amaechi.
However, the party further said: “It is part of democracy that while the minority can have their say, the majority will have their way. Therefore, the decision of the PDP senators to walk out is nothing but democracy in action.
“We enjoin the entire National Assembly to continue to work with the executive arm of government for the overall interest of Nigeria and its people.
“With the stage now set for the federal cabinet to be in place, we implore all Nigerians, irrespective of their party affiliation, to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his onerous task of making Nigeria great again.”
Meanwhile, despite the election petitions tribunal ordering a re-run governorship election in 18 out of the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom, the state government has insisted that Udom Emmanuel is still the governor of the state.
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