The Federal Government on
Wednesday said without prejudice to legislative independence, the incoming
administration will forestall a repeat of the conduct of the 8th National Assembly
which it said worked at cross purposes with the executive arm of government
between 2015 and 2019.
The Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Wednesday when he featured on a
Nigerian Television Authority’s (NTA) Programme, “Good Morning Nigeria”, NAN
reports.
He said that the All Progressives
Congress (APC)-led government was working towards having a National Assembly
that would work in synergy with the executive for a seamless execution of its
agenda towards the delivery of democracy dividends to Nigerians.
The minister stressed that for
all the propounded programmes and policies of government to materialise in the
next four years, there was the need for a legislative arm that would work in
tandem with the executive arm.
“As far as we respect the
independence of the legislative arm of government, we also believe that
especially when a party has done very well in both legislative and executive
elections, there should be a synergy between the legislative and the executive
arms of government.
“I want to assure you that we are
doing the right thing this time around and we will not end up with the kind of
situation that we had in 2015 to 2019.
“We will not have a situation
where it will seem that the leadership of the National Assembly is working for
the opposition or where members of the same party are working at cross
purposes.
“This time around we will get it
right; we will have good relationship with the National Assembly and we will
work very well with the legislature,” he said.
The minister discussed his recent
visits to the United States and the United Kingdom where he met with the
international media and Think Tanks in both countries, in the aftermath of the
2019 general elections.
Mohammed said that he used the
opportunity of the tour to tell the international community how the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration had delivered on the President’s promises,
and how ready it was to do more in the next four years.
“I have a good product in
President Buhari and selling it to the international community was quite easy.
“What endears him to the
international community is the achievement in economy, how he nurtured the
economy from recession to growth recording six consecutive quarters of growth
in GDP.
“We have brought down inflation,
foreign reserve has increased from 27 billion dollar to 45 billion dollar.
“Our reforms have earned us
accolade globally.
“Post election, we have witnessed
five billion dollar investment in Nigeria,” he said.
Mohammed said that the international
community commended the Buhari government for its anti-corruption stance and
the successes recorded in the agriculture sector among others.
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