APGA DESCRIBES APC DIRECTIVE TO NASS MEMBERS AS CALLOUS! *says APC is an extremist organisation The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has described the directive by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its members in the National Assembly to block all Executive Bills, including the 2014 Budget, as callous and unpatriotic. Reacting to the APC directive at the weekend the National Chairman of APGA, Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh, described it as insensitive on the part of APC in giving such a directive that will cripple economic activities in Nigeria, thereby dehumanizing Nigerian citizens. He stated that it was highly regrettable that the All Progressives Alliance which prides itself today as the main opposition party, has resorted to all acts that are capable of promoting anarchy and instability in all facets in a country it is hoping to govern. We had in the past alerted Nigerians about the undemocratic credentials of APC, as the party is a conglomerate of odd characters and undemocratic elements, as well as former coup plotters who over-threw democratically elected governments in Nigeria, Chief Umeh asserted; adding that APC therefore cannot be expected to have respect for democracy. The APGA National Chairman observed that the burning crisis in Rivers State which the APC hinged its directive on, and indeed in other parts of the country, were all instigated by the APC. According to Umeh, the people of Rivers State never at any time in the history of the State, voted for ACN nor the CPC or the ANPP which came together to form the APC. The present annexure of Rivers State by the APC is a usurpation of the mandate of the people of Rivers State to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last General Election. The crisis in the State can also be traced to the resistance of the people of the state to the strange direction of their affairs by a political party that they did not give their mandate to, Umeh stated. Furthermore, he said, the APC has used a tactics of brainwashing and inciting people who were never elected through their platform, to defect to their fold. He pointed out that similar flash points and crisis could be found in Imo, Adamawa, Kano, Kwara and Sokoto States, where the elements in the present APC never won any election, but have their governments taken over by the APC, in clear breach of the constitution. APC is a Party that is desperate to reap where it did not sow. It is ridiculous to hear the APC complain of constitutional breaches when they are clearly aware that the purported defection of National Assembly lawmakers to the APC was a clear breach of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which they are shamelessly flaunting. The APGA National Chairman said that the crisis in the National Assembly, occasioned by the irresponsible and unconstitutional movement of people from a political party through which they were elected, to the APC can be blamed on the lack of respect for the Nigerian Constitution , by the APC. Describing the APC as an extremist Organization, Chief Umeh called on Nigerians to be mindful of the danger which the Country faces in the event of APC being allowed to have majority rule in the Country. He said that the fact that with a false sense of majority in the National Assembly, the APC is already gleefully giving directives that will suffocate the nation, was a clear indication of what APC will do to Nigeria, if they ever find themselves in power. APGA therefore cautioned APC to retrace its steps in the brand of politics of desperation and destruction it is playing in Nigeria, and directed all its members in the National Assembly never to align themselves with evil forces in the National Assembly in any plan to take actions that will bring hardship on the citizens of this country. The APGA National Chairman further directed its NASS Members to lend full support to all Executive Bills from Mr. President which are designed to promote good governance of the Country and also to completely stay away from anything associated with the APC in the National Assembly.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:24:06 +0000
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