Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the national assembly
under his leadership has so far “done tremendously well”.
Speaking after he was awarded as the “Political Icon of the
Year 2021” by the Sun newspaper on Saturday in Lagos, Lawan said the national
assembly has worked on critical legislation for national development.
Lawan said he is successful as senate president because the
likes of David Mark and Bukola Saraki, his predecessors, laid a good
foundation.
“Thank God in less than three years, the ninth national
assembly has done tremendously well in the area of important, critical and
crucial legislation for national development,” he said.
“I have dedicated this award to previous presiding officers
since Nigeria started as a democracy because whatever we have achieved in the
ninth national assembly, there must have been some foundation set by others
before we came on board.
“Let me say that I have learnt a lot from one very
outstanding presiding officer and his name is senator David Mark who was senate
president for two terms – the sixth and the seventh assemblies.
“And of course the 13th president of the senate, my brother
and my friend (Saraki) who was here (for this occasion) before he left. I
worked with him as a senate leader. He made contributions too like the previous
president of the senate did.
“Therefore I cannot take credit for the ninth national
assembly but the ninth national assembly stands out in one way. He stands out
in the way of conquering the most difficult legislations that defied passage
and where they were passed, defied assent.”
Lawan praised President Muhammadu Buhari for cooperating
with the national assembly.
“Let me also pay tribute to President Muhammadu Buhari
because for us in the Ninth Assembly, if not because we have the buy-in of the
President, to ensure that the Legislature works very cordially with the
executive arm of government, all the legislations wouldn’t have been assented
to,” he said.
“This president assented to more bills than all the previous
presidents since the fourth republic started.”
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