The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubo Dogara, are attending a crucial meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), holding in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital, weeks after the emergence of the Senate President angered the party’s leadership.

Both leaders of the two chambers are present at a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ruling party holding at the party’s secretariat in Nigeria’s capital city.

The crisis rocking the ruling party, especially as it affects the National Assembly leadership, is expected to top the agenda of the NEC meeting.

It was gathered that the constitution of the party’s board of trustees, as approved by the National Working Committee, may also be discussed by the APC leaders.

It is believed that compromises would be made by the parties involved in the dispute over the sharing of principal offices in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

Two groups of APC lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives had selected their principle officers in defiance of the party’s position, prompting a row that has pitched the lawmakers against the leadership of the APC.

Present at the meeting are the President, Muhammadu Buhari, members of the National Working Committee of the party, the 22 APC Governors, APC State Chairmen and representatives from the zones.

This is the first NEC meeting of the party since President Buhari took the oath of office on May 29.