Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians that the current
leadership crisis at the National Assembly would be amicably resolved
for the growth and progress of the nation.
He was speaking
in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State in Southwest Nigeria, after a
closed door meeting with a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his
residence.
Dr. Saraki also told reporters that
the leadership of the National Assembly was ready to make the necessary
sacrifice in view of the economic situation in the oil rich nation.
Days
to the election of Dr. Saraki as the Senate President, the leadership
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had chosen Senator Ahmed Lawan
for the position of the Senate President but Saraki and some members of
the party rejected the choice of Mr Lawan, saying it was a form of
imposition.
The disagreement further deepened when some
Senators, who are members of the APC, and some other Senators, who are
members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elected Senator Saraki as
Senate President in the absence of other APC Senators who had left the
National Assembly complex for a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The party expressed displeasure with the process that brought Senator Saraki in, describing it as treachery.
To
resolve the rift, the leadership of the party, days after, said it had
recognised the the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki.
Dwindling
revenue occasioned by the falling price of crude oil, which is the
nation’s major source of revenue, had led to the establishment of some
austerity measures by the out-gone administration of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The situation had taken its toll on some states’
government, with Governors finding it hard to pay some workers salaries,
since their allocations had dropped. The Governors are seeking a
bailout from the Federal Government.
The Senate President had on
Thursday said the Senate would effectively carry out its supervisory
role to ensure that revenue leakages were blocked.
The Senate
President was accompanied by Senator Andy Ubah, Hammed Yerima, Danjuma
Goje, former factional leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)
Kawu Baraje, former Governor of Osun State Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
Credit: Channels
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