President Muhammadu Buhari Monday met with Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, behind closed doors.
The meeting which held separately was at the instance of the President, who met with Dogara first for about 40 minutes, followed by Saraki.
The Senate President spoke with State House correspondent after the meeting:
“The relationship is very cordial, you cannot examine (the National Assembly) by one or two issues. That is the point I’m making. You cannot examine (the relationship) based on NDDC or examine it based on EFCC.
“We have other issues like the Ministerial (names) we are going to work on and the amnesty we will soon work on. We have the budget that is more important, we have INEC, we have PIB, we have so many things and I think it is a mixture of all that that should guide us.
“So, don’t let us overheat the polity.’’
On his part, Speaker Dogara had this to say, “It baffles me when people see you visit Mr President, the assumption out there is that something is going wrong. Nothing is wrong, it is just a routine consultation.
“You might look at it as crisis but I don’t look at it as crisis. You know I have always said this that as a government our value will be the problems we have solved.
“We can’t be remembered for avoiding or running away from problems. It is only when we provide solution to some of the things you refer to as crises and we look at them as opportunities to begin anew that people will now remember us for putting down enduring legacies.”
Prompt News recalls that the relationship between the Presidency and Senate in particular has been frosty of late.
“We have other issues like the Ministerial (names) we are going to work on and the amnesty we will soon work on. We have the budget that is more important, we have INEC, we have PIB, we have so many things and I think it is a mixture of all that that should guide us.
“So, don’t let us overheat the polity.’’
On his part, Speaker Dogara had this to say, “It baffles me when people see you visit Mr President, the assumption out there is that something is going wrong. Nothing is wrong, it is just a routine consultation.
“You might look at it as crisis but I don’t look at it as crisis. You know I have always said this that as a government our value will be the problems we have solved.
“We can’t be remembered for avoiding or running away from problems. It is only when we provide solution to some of the things you refer to as crises and we look at them as opportunities to begin anew that people will now remember us for putting down enduring legacies.”
Prompt News recalls that the relationship between the Presidency and Senate in particular has been frosty of late.
It however reached its peak last week when the Red Chamber stood down the screening and confirmation of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) appointed recently by President Buhari.
