{"id":8417,"date":"2019-03-26T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/?p=8417"},"modified":"2019-03-26T09:46:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:46:34","slug":"what-happened-in-8th-senate-regrettable-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aigmediapro.tv\/what-happened-in-8th-senate-regrettable-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"‘What happened in 8th Senate regrettable’ \u2013 Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President\nMuhammadu Buhari frowned at some actions and decisions of the 8th National\nAssembly, saying such activities remain regrettable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president, who made his feeling known when he\nhosted state governors and senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress to a\ndinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Buhari particularly cited the deliberate\nand persistent delay in passing the nation\u2019s annual budget by the national\nassembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He, therefore, challenged the in-coming 9th national\nassembly to do things differently from the outgoing 8th senate so as to enable\nhis administration achieve its target of transforming the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is my fifth and last time of standing for an\nelection \u2013 for that reason, I\u2019ll like to leave something behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what I want to leave cannot be successfully\ndone without your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, that is why I\u2019m appealing for your support.\nWhat happened in the last Senate and so on is regrettable because I still feel\nit shouldn\u2019t take seven months to pass a budget. You have a very, very serious\njob ahead of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, what I\u2019m appealing is that any major decision\nyou are going to take please reflect more on the country than yourself as a\nperson \u2013 what effect will it have on the country,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While promising to work and partner with the 9th\nnational assembly in promoting peace, stability and economic prosperity in the\ncountry, the president thanked the governors and senators-elect for their\nsupport and understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams\nOshiomhole, who spoke to State House correspondents after the dinner, said the\nwhole purpose of the event was to bond the new and old senators, to establish a\nnew of relationship between the executive and the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe system talks about the separation of\npowers between the executive and legislature and the two must handshake for\nthings to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd when you have a president that is determined to\ndrive changes, fundamental changes that will affect our habits, our lifestyle,\nreview the economy, deal with the security situation, fight corruption as\nfiercely as he is trying to do, he will need a very supportive legislative arm\nof government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd happily, the Nigerian people have given us the\nnumber in the legislative arm of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll we have agreed today is that we will use these\nnumbers as a functioning whole to determine the leadership of the Senate in a\nway that we are not going to go to the floor of the Senate and allow the\nopposition dictate who becomes the senate president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause we have a comfortable majority to drive\nthat, what we have to do is to manage that majority.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, who also spoke on the\noutcome of the meeting said: \u201cWhat the president has done today, I think is the\nright step in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last time we did not have the opportunity of\nthis politics but today, Mr. President invited us. Because we are governors and\nwe also dialogue with our senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr President said in order to avoid rancour, let me\nlay the way forward and we are very happy he has laid the way forward and\nbecause of that we are all going to work towards achieving the desire of Mr\nPresident for the good of this country.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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