President Muhammadu Buhari’s
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said his
principal will respond appropriately when officially summoned by the House of
Representatives.
Adesina stated this in an
interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night.
Members of the House of
Representatives decided to summon the Buhari in reaction to the continued
killings in Benue and other parts of the country.
Asked if the President would
appear before the lawmakers, Adesina said the House had not communicated the
summon to Buhari yet.
“It is a development that just
happened and almost throughout the day we have been in the Federal Executive
Council meeting. That meeting did not rise until after 5pm.
“So, it was after 5pm when I got
back to my office that I saw that news scrolling on the television. That means
that the President himself hadn’t heard of it at that time. So, when the
lawmakers – the Houses of Representatives – communicate their decision to the
President, it would be handled appropriately,” he said.
Although Adesina acknowledged
“the right” of the lawmakers to summon “anybody to appear” before them, he did
not say whether the President would honour their summon if it is communicated
to him.
“It is democracy in action. The
House has the right to ask anybody to appear and the President is holding the
position as a trust for Nigerians. It is the mandate of Nigerians that he is
holding.
“But when they communicate that
decision to him, he will respond accordingly. I can’t be talking of what he
will do until that decision is communicated to him,” he said.
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