Senate President Ahmad Lawan says
he will not be a “rubber stamp” to the executive.
Mohammed Isa, a media aide to
Lawan, quoted the senate president as saying this when he received Women
Parliamentarians, a group led by Joy Emordi, former senator representing
Anambra north.
Lawan said it is “laughable” that
he is being referred to as “rubber stamp”, vowing that the senate under him
would challenge the government of President Muhammadu Buhari but “in a decent
manner”.
“There is no time that I will
ever be a rubber stamp,” he said.
“Yes, I believe in President
Buhari as a person and I believe in my party, the APC, but I believe that our
problems as Nigerians are Nigerian problems. They are neither APC nor PDP
problems, they are Nigerian problems that require Nigerian solution. So, we
have to work together.
“We will be there for the
executive arm of government all the time in moving this country forward. We are
going to challenge the executive in a manner that is decent but decisive. As a
minister, you have to do your ministerial job well.
“We will make government
appointees to do what is required of them. We have to deal with the issues
confronting us. It is not going to be easy, but we have to build a relationship
that have mutual respect, collaboration and partnership. It is achievable.”
The senate president urged the
women to be more involved in politics, saying: “the political space in the
country is wide enough to accommodate our women.”
On her part, Emordi urged Lawan
and his colleagues to work for the good of Nigerians.
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