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  • Senate Leadership Holds Meeting with Traditional Rulers in Abuja

    Senate Leadership Holds Meeting with Traditional Rulers in Abuja

    By Daniel Edu

    The Senate leadership had a significant meeting on Monday with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, who paid a courtesy visit to the National Assembly in Abuja.

    Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, along with other principal officers of the Senate, welcomed the royal delegation, led by the Etsu Nupe, His Royal Highness Yahaya Abubakar, representing the Sultan of Sokoto, His Royal Highness Sa’ad Abubakar.

    During the meeting, Abubakar conveyed the congratulations of the traditional rulers to Akpabio on his emergence as the President of the Senate. Additionally, the monarchs used the opportunity to request the Senate’s recognition of the essential roles played by traditional rulers in nation-building through legislation.

    Abubakar highlighted that despite their crucial role in stabilizing society and maintaining national unity, the 1999 Constitution did not assign specific roles to traditional rulers. He mentioned that previous attempts to rectify this situation, including one during the 9th National Assembly, did not succeed in obtaining the required votes in the Senate, although it was successful in the House of Representatives.

    In response, Akpabio assured the traditional rulers that their request for constitutional roles in governance would be considered during the next Constitution amendment process. He emphasized that traditional rulers had historically played vital roles, especially in ensuring the security of lives and property.

    Akpabio, drawing from his personal background, mentioned that his late grandfather was a traditional ruler and had been instrumental in the effective implementation of indirect rule during the colonial era. He believed that engaging traditional rulers constitutionally at the grassroots level could significantly contribute to addressing the security challenges faced by the country.

    The meeting provided an opportunity for fruitful discussions on the involvement of traditional rulers in governance, and both parties acknowledged the importance of collaborating for the betterment of the nation.

    [Attached are some photos from the meeting.]

  • APC Caretaker Committee Responsible For Partys’ Crisis, says Ex-Northwest Gov

    A former governor of Northwestern state, Yahaya Abubakar has said that the All Progressives Congress( APC) under the current leadership arrangement was shrinking away by the day and may imminently have to be split into the several components that formed it in the first place.

    He lamented that “the APC has been enmeshed in one conflict or another since the composition of the controversial caretaker committee to the point where genuine founding members are frustrated daily.”

    “The purpose of party politics is to win elections and APC was formed by a merger of several other parties for that purpose. The APC did win the elections but began a downward slide soon after that which has deteriorated with the setting up of the caretaker committee,” he said.

    He explained that it was “worrisome today that a serving Governor is the one controlling the levers of the APC at the national level.”

    He wondered what part of the party constitution gave Mai-mala Buni the mandate to preside over the affairs of the party and questioned why the decision for electing State executives of the party should be subject to the interference of the national secretariat.

    “It is symptomatic of a hidden agenda,” he alleged.

    “If they can’t handle the current crisis, the merger that brought about the APC should be reversed, because this marriage seems not to be working as expected”, he said.