Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate
president and Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, were not among
principal officers of the national assembly who met with President Muhammadu
Buhari on Thursday night.
The meeting, which was at the
instance of the leadership of the assembly, took place 48 hours after the
president rejected the amended electoral act bill sent for his signature by the
assembly.
The non-passage of the 2018
appropriation bill by the national assembly was said to be one of the top items
on the agenda of the meeting.
On November 7, 2017, Buhari laid
the 2018 budget proposals before the assembly with the hope that the
appropriation bill might be passed on or before the end of 2017.
However, the lawmakers had
accused some cabinet ministers of failing to appear before them to defend their
ministries’ budgets.
Those who attended the meeting
include the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house
of representatives, and Ahmad Lawan, senate leader.
Others attending the meeting are
Mustapha Boss, secretary to the government of the federation, and Abba Kyari,
chief of staff to the president.
Ita Enang and Kawu Sumaila, the
two senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters,
were also in attendance.
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