APC National Chairman, Deputy Resign From Senate
PRESS STATEMENT
APC National Chairman, Deputy Resign From Senate
The National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on
Tuesday, resigned as Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial
District.
This was even
as the newly elected Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, also
resigned as lawmaker representing Borno North Senatorial District.
The resignation
letters of both lawmakers were read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,
during Tuesday, April 12, 2022 plenary session.
Sen. Abdullahi
Adamu, until his election as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), chaired the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Sen. Kyari, on
the other hand, was the Chairman of the Committee on Federal Capital Territory
(FCT).
Sen. Adamu’s
letter reads, “It is with utmost respect and appreciation, I inform you that
consequent upon my victory as National Chairman at the just concluded
convention of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the 26th
of March, 2022, I hereby resign formally as the Senator of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District with effect from 1st
April, 2022.
“I feel a sense
of duty and obligation to convey through this letter, my appreciation for the
cooperation and guidance I received from you as Chairman of the National Assembly
throughout my official and private association with you”.
“As I leave the
Senate, I cannot easily forget the change and style of leadership that you
brought since becoming the Senate President of the Ninth Senate”.
“Your ability
to forge the deep-rooted bi-partisan approach on all issues which you chaired
deliberations speaks volumes of your chemistry as a leader”.
“Since your
assumption of the Chairmanship of the National Assembly, you have worked so
hard for the Assembly to be seen to work with the government and not against it”.
“Indeed, you
have roundly proved at every stage that the three arms of government are truly
arms of the same national government”.
“You have
stirred the National Assembly to do the bidding of our great party without
prejudice to the other parties irrespective of their representation”.
“In so doing,
you have been able not to only carry your colleagues at the leadership level of
the Senate, but endeavored to be a family head in the real sense of the word to
all members of the Ninth Senate”.
“My resignation
will leave me with full memories of the solidarity and camaraderie that you
have been able to forge over the eleven years I’ve been in the Senate”.
“To say I will
miss you and my colleagues in the Ninth Senate will be an understatement, but I
gain consolation in the fact that my call to a higher pedestal of service will
keep us all within reach of one another”.
“Kindly convey
my wishes to all my colleagues that they should kindly spare some time in joining
hands with us at the headquarters of our great party, the APC, to do the
needful in our efforts to deliver the 2023 Presidential and General Elections
to our party and its followers”.
“I also request
that you convey my gratitude to all our colleagues and chamber staff”.
Signed:
Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, FAI, FIMC, CMC, FCP, Fsca
Special Assistant (Press)
To President of the Senate
Tuesday, April 12, 2022.