The All Progressives Congress, APC, has instructed all its members in the National Assembly to block all executive bills including the 2014 Appropriation Bill.
This was part of the outcome of the party’s interim National Executive Committee meeting which held in Abuja on Thursday.
Addressing a news conference after the meeting which lasted for 7 hours, the Interim Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mister Lai Mohammed, explained that the decision is as a result of what the party considers as acts of impunity by the Federal Government in Rivers State.
“Any cursory observer of events in Rivers State since February 2013 would be left in no doubt as to the culture of lawlessness and impunity being promoted and supported by the Presidency and executed by the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, who has become the de-facto military governor of Rivers State and the sole administrator of PDP in that state.
“In view of the joint resolutions of the National Assembly on Rivers State, and other constitutional breaches by the Presidency, the APC hereby directs its members in the National Assembly to block all legislative proposals, including the 2014 budget and confirmation of all nominees to military and civilian positions to public office, until the rule of law and constitutionalism is restored in Rivers State in particular, and Nigeria in general”, he said.
The Nigerian Senate had on Wednesday invited the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, to appear before it to give a situation report on the Rivers State crises.
Both arms of the National Assembly have condemned the recurring crisis in the state.
