{"id":82657,"date":"2021-06-23T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82657"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:06:16","slug":"lawan-blames-saraki-for-buhari-apc-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/lawan-blames-saraki-for-buhari-apc-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawan blames Saraki for Buhari\/APC failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Senate President Ahmad Lawan has blamed\u00a0 the abysmal failure of the ruling\u00a0 All Progressives Congress government under President Muhammadu Buhari to the power struggle between the executive and the National Assembly during Bukola Saraki&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Saraki served as the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria during President Buhari&#8217;s first term from 2015 to 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to Lawan, who succeeded Saraki, the All Progressives Congress government could not fulfil its electoral promises to the electorate during its first term because the two bodies did not have a cordial relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan said this at the First Progressives Youth Conference 2021, on Monday night in Abuja, PeoplesGazette reports.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;When we were voted in 2019 as leaders of the National Assembly, we were conscious of one thing, that the mandate that was given to us by Nigerians in 2015 had suffered disruption and dislocation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For four years (2015 to 2019), our government could not perform optimally because of the then crisis between the parliament \u2013 the National Assembly \u2013 and the Executive arm of government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, A.P.C. had already lost four very important years. 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