The Senate has backed the rainbow coalition injected into the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council for re – election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ,declaring that the move is the right step in the right direction to deliver victory for an all inclusive governance at the Federal level in 2027 .
The Remarks on the rainbow coalition came during Wednesday’s plenary by the senate Leader , Opeyemi Bamidele, Ekiti Central and the senate President, Godswill Akpabio, describing the inclusion of leaders from multiple parties into the APC’s presidential campaign council framework as an unprecedented move since 1999.
The Ruling APC’s senators noted that it was also a historic step towards national unity ahead of the general election.
There were dissenting voices of Some opposition parties’ senators Who did not share the same view with the ruling party’s legislators as they criticized and labelled the Rainbow Coalition as an anti-party activity that runs counter to the interests of the All Progressives Congress APC particularly Nigerians.
The APC federal legislators noted that figures like former Gombe State Governor Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo are coordinating the coalition in Gombe, alongside participation linked to leaders such as Governors Ademola Adeleke, Osun and Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra.
The Senate later suspended its sitting to allow members to attend the formal inauguration of the presidential campaign council tied to the coalition..
Editor…Roluke Ogundele
