The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum
insist that there was nothing unusual about the absence of President
Muhammadu Buhari at the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting.
behalf of the twenty-four-member governors’ forum while addressing
journalists on the outcome of the meeting with members of the National
Working Committee (NWC) on Wednesday, April 26, said the constitution
made provision for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, to preside over such
meetings in the president’s absence.
“We are not worried about the development. It is not
compulsory for Mr President to preside at every federal executive
council meeting. That is why our Constitution makes provision for a vice
president. Mr President is over 70 years old and it is such at that age
to have one medical challenge or the other.
“Even I at 57 take medication for one ailment or another.
Our prayer is that the president gets better and well. But the Emerson
why he has the vice president is precisely for this reason. It may not
be because he has a medical challenge that he didn’t go to the executive
council meeting. He may have other pressing matters to attend.
“I have not chaired every executive council meeting in
Kaduna even when I am in Kaduna because my deputy governor is there if
there are other things to attend that are of greater priority than the
council meeting. We are not worried yet. There is no concern to be
worried but we ask Nigerians to join all of us in praying for the
president improved health. ”
El-Rufai who also hinted that the party’s midterm
convention would be taken next month, adding that there was nothing
unusual about conflict within the ranks of the party.
He also stated that part of the decision taken at in the
parley was that the APC governors forum would be holding a monthly
meeting with members of the NWC aimed at reconciling aggrieved members
of the party and strengthening the party ahead of the 2019 poll.
El-Rufai, however, debunked insinuations that APC had
internal crisis, stressing that the party was intact with a unified
leadership structure, contrary to speculations.
The Governor also disclosed that the issue of how to source
for funds from donors outside government circles topped deliberations.
He explained that the reason the party was presently constrained
financially was because it did not rely on public funds to operate like
some other parties in government
.
According to him, the party is funded by private and
cooperate donors who had been its sponsors before it came to power. The
party’s leadership was willing to return to such donors to raise funds
to ensure that it was operated as expected.
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