The Leadership of the National Assembly has dispelled notions that the face-off between the Presidency and the Senate could degenerate into a crisis.
Speaking to Statehouse correspondents, the Leaders of both Houses of the National Parliament said while there might be disagreement between both arms of government, it would not affect the cordial relationship between them.
Statehouse Correspondent Tai Amodu reports that relations between the Senate and Presidency had gradually deteriorated in
the last few weeks with two thorny issues raising the roof; the Senate’s refusal to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the EFCC and the uproar in the Senate caused by Customs Boss Hamid Alli’s refusal to appear before it, wearing the uniform of a Comptroller General.
The Executive had in its Federal Cabinet meeting last week conceded that the time had come for a Committee to be set up, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to seek peace
Both leaders of the National Assembly were in the Presidential Villa, Monday morning to see President Buhari and Statehouse Correspondents had thought that the purpose of the closed door meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari was to further the pursuance of peace
But both leaders were noncommittal about the purpose of their visits, describing their meetings with President Buhari as routine briefings about progress being made on a number of Bills before the national Assembly
They dismiss notions of a serious crisis brewing between the Senate and the National Assembly and insist that the relationship between both arms of Government should not be judged by a few disagreements
While major actors continue to play down the gravity of the face-off between both arms of government, Nigerians wait to see whether the Committee set up by the Executive and the planned intervention by the national leadership of the ruling APC, will reconcile both parties, in the interest of moving the nation forward.
