Lagos East senatorial district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Gbenga Ashafa, has called for the dismantling of all caucuses in the National Assembly; saying if the legislators and the All Progressives Congress, APC, leadership should close ranks, the crisis rocking the National Assembly can be resolved in favour of all.

Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa

Senator Ashafa, who made this position known in a press statement issued to journalists yesterday said for the APC to completely douse the raging tension in the legislative arm of the nation’s government; it would need to find a peace mechanism that will create a win-win situation.

Ashafa in the statement said both APC leadership and the National Assembly leadership need to eschew the bad blood that has accumulated as a result of the June 9 incident in which elected legislators went against party decisions in choosing their principal officers.

The statement reads: “Non-compliance with party directives and a violation of relevant sections of the APC constitution is not a good way to start in this era of change.

“Article 9:2 of the APC’s constitution, (Rules and Obligations) states that members of the party shall be obliged to affirm the party’s aims and objectives and conduct themselves in a manner that shall not bring the party to public odium and disrepute. Members of the party shall also observe the rules and regulations embedded in this constitution.”

He said within the context of the provision, the APC National Working Committee, NWC, can find a peace-building method to create a win-win situation for all aggrieved factions; adding that the party should embrace all and still