President Muhammadu Buhari appears to have accepted the new leaders of the National Assembly as a statement from the presidency said “the President took the view that a constitutional process has somewhat occurred.”
Contrary to the plans of the All Progressives Congress, APC , Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara were on Tuesday elected as Senate President and Speaker House of Reps.
A statement from the Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari has noted the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly.
The statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) said the president would rather that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been followed. Nonetheless the President took the view that a constitutional process has somewhat occurred.
“President Buhari had said in an earlier statement that he did not have any preferred candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and that he was willing to work with whoever the lawmakers elected,” Adesina said.
“That sentiment still stands. Though he would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party”.
Adesina stressed that the stability of our constitutional order and overall interest of the common man were uppermost on the President’s mind, as far as the National Assembly elections were concerned.
The President called on all the elected representatives of the people to focus on the enormous task of bringing enduring positive change to the lives of Nigerians.
