Create place Presidency, NASS, APC meet to resolve issues – Osinbajo’s ex-aide to Tinubu

Laolu Akande, a former spokesperson of the immediate past Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has advised President Bola Tinubu to have a place where officials of the Presidency, National Assembly, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, meet regularly to resolve issues of governance.

Akande said a tripartite committee would help the current government manage its communication effectively because there seems to be a disconnect between the Presidency, APC, and other relevant stakeholders.

He said if there had been effective communication, some Northern APC members in the National Assembly would not have openly tackled the planned moves by the Federal Government to relocate some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, from Abuja to Lagos.

He noted that a tripartite committee would have helped in resolving communication issues between the presidency, lawmakers and the ruling party for seamless governance.

Speaking during an interview with Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Akande said, “What kind of communication is taking place within the APC about what the government is doing? There seems to be a disconnect because normally, there should be effective communication between the party and the government.

“I remember that there used to be a committee headed by the Vice President that was set up by the President that had the members of the Presidency, members of the party and members of the National Assembly that meet just so things can connect and there can be coordination.

“I think President Bola Tinubu needs to do this. He needs to have a place where the Presidency, the National Assembly and the ruling party sit regularly to resolve things. That’s a form of communication that is missing right now.”