Adopt party position-APC governors to senators

State Governors of the All Progressives Congress have resolved to prevail on their senators on the need to respect party supremacy on any matter.

The decision was taken at a late night meeting the APC governors had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Addressing State House correspondents shortly after the meeting that ended early this morning, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha said that the governors had discussed with the president and had since resolved to talk to lawmakers from their constituencies to always follow the party rules.

He said they also used the opportunity of the meeting to commend the President on the steps he has taken so far to address the issue of the economy of the nation which he said was literarily in shamble.

He said, “With all these achievements and progress we are making, we are worried by the pockets of disagreements going on at the National Assembly.

“We have resolved that we came from a party and our party’s views should be respected.

“So, we feel that there is the need for us to invite our senators and look more into the matter and see how we can all make peace.

“We believe that everyone should respect our party from which we all came from and for that reason, we have decided that we are going to invite our senators and rub minds with them.

“We are saying that there should not be a winner-takes-it-all; that  we should carry everybody along and accommodate others as suggested by the party.”

Also, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State said all they agreed on was that senators should adopt the position of the party.

“We were all elected on the platform of the party. We are not just a collection of individuals, we are a political party and when the party has spoken we must listen, otherwise if it was a game of individuals like golf then individuals can go their way.

“I think it is very clear at this point that the party has the responsibility to keep the system going, so we as progressive governors, we have listened to the President and we have discussed extensively and we are clear that the party’s position should be supported by the senators.

“This is the way it should be and we should start on a note of working  closely. We as governors, we listen to the party, we expect our senators to also listen to the party.

“We are going to call them and tell them this is it and explain our  reasons, it is about party supremacy.