Bala Na’Allah, deputy senate
leader, has President Muhammadu Buhari to tolerate senators and members of the
house of representatives as as his children.
He said this on Friday when he
led a delegation to pay Buhari sallah homage at Aso Rock.
The lawmaker said he stood in for
Senate President Bukola Saraki during the visit.
Na’Allah said since the return of
democracy in 1999, no president has received support from the national assembly
like Buhari.
He said the national assembly
would continue to support the president.
“Mr President, I have the
authority of each and every member of the senate and the house of
representatives to wish you a blessed Eid-el-Fitr,” he said.
“And I have the authority of each
and every one of us to equally pledge our loyalty and commitment to work with
you for the betterment of this country and to wish you more strength; to wish
you more health and most importantly Mr President to add additional degree of
tolerance for you so that you tolerate us as your children.
“Mr President, let me seize this
opportunity to say, for the record, that from 1999, when we started our
democratic experience till date, no president and I repeat, `no president and I
say for the third time, no president has received this amount of cooperation
from the national assembly like you contrary to what is outside there.”
He also commended Buhari for the
declaration of June 12 declaration as Democracy Day.
“May I on behalf of the senate
and the house of representatives again thank you for that bold steps you have
taken in addressing the unresolved issue of the June 12. You might have
underestimated the effects of that singular act,” he said.
“But I will tell you sir, you
have achieved more than 75 percent of what South Africa did with the truth and
reconciliation committee with this singular act. You may not understand sir,
but I’m sure in near future you will understand the value of that singular act.
“Along that line, may I on behalf
of the national assembly implore our religious leaders to begin to think along
the line of uniting this country. God has brought together, we do not have any
alternative, as far as we are concern we should continue to live as brothers
and sisters.”
The relationship between the
executive and the legislature is not as smooth as it used to be.
Last month, Buhari dared the
national assembly to confront him on capital projects. He also wondered what
some of them had achieved in their years at the parliament.
Shortly after the police said
Saraki had a case to answer on the robbery in Offa, Kwara state, the national
assembly held an emergency session to discuss the frosty relationship with the
executive.
Dino Melaye, senator representing
Kogi west; Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, Ike Ekweremadu,
deputy senate president, are currently under investigation.
The national assembly had
threatened to invoke their powers on Buhari if issues were not addressed in the
right way.
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