Just in : SENATE IS WORKING WELL WITH PRESIDENT BUHARI - APC Chairman

*Are you now in support of the process that brought the leadership of the National Assembly into office?*

Once they have emerged, there is nothing anybody can do. The president said let the National Assembly elect its people. We had our views as a party and we tried to guide as to what ought to be done which was not largely complied with. The House of Representatives did a lot better, they did comply largely with the advice that was given by the party. It wasn’t quite so in the Senate. But since then remedial actions have been taken by the Senate. The officers there are a reality and we have to work with that reality. That is not what I want or anybody wants.  

*The impression many Nigerians have is that they are trying to hold the president to ransom. Do you also share this view?*

Yes, I have heard that. Quite a few of people have that impression but look at it, in most cases where there had been disagreements, take for example like the EFCC chairman’s   confirmation case but the most critical bills of the president have sailed through the National Assembly. So, disagreements have to come once in a while; it is natural. If you look at the United States today, you will see the disagreement that is going on between the Senate and the president over their critical Health Bill. The Senate in fact, virtually turned it down and it is a Senate controlled by the same party that produced President Donald Trump. So, these are checks and balances that are built by our constitution drafters into the system. What I am insisting is that even when there are disagreements, it must be contained within civil and civilised limits.

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