President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to Tuesday’s election of National
\nAssembly leaders as a “great mark of leadership” and a demonstration of
\nthe President’s commitment to democracy.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Dr. Saraki
\ncommended President Buhari for remaining steadfast in his commitment to
\nthe principle of non-interference in National Assembly politics even in
\nthe face of great pressure on him to act otherwise. “This shows that Mr.
\nPresident is a man of great conviction who, in his own words, belong to
\neveryone and to no one,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n
On a similar vein, Dr. Saraki also denies that he had a plan to decamp to
\nthe People’s Democratic Party, describing the insinuation as ” absurd and
\nlaughable.” According to him, “it is just cheap blackmail by political
\nadversaries who want to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it. And
\nthose making such desperate allegations should remember that I willingly
\nleft the PDP on matters of principles when the party was in power. Is it
\nnow that the party is out of government and in opposition that I will now
\nreturn having worked so hard for my party in the last general elections,”
\nhe queried.<\/p>\n
He stated his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he
\nremains a loyal party member and a leader of the party, committed to
\ncontributing his quota to building the party and helping it to deliver its
\npromise of change to Nigerian people.<\/p>\n
He urged all members of the National Assembly to put politicking behind
\nthem and settle down for the proper business of legislating. “Our country
\nis going through a very trying times. We have the challenge of insecurity
\nin the North East. The massive problem of youth unemployment and general
\neconomic challenges occasioned by mako fall in revenue. All these against
\nthe huge public expectation that propelled our party into office. We\u00a0 have
\npursued our legitimate aspirations appropriately. Now that the issues have
\nbeen settled, we need to move on in the larger interest of our people,
\nwithout whose mandate we would not have been in a position to aspire to
\nthese positions in the first place.”<\/p>\n
He stated his readiness to embrace every member of the Senate regardless
\nof their political leanings in the leadership elections just concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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