President Muhammadu Buhari would
soon take appropriate actions aimed at addressing the `not too cordial’
relationship between National Assembly and the Executive arm of government.
Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan
revealed this on Tuesday when he briefed State House correspondents on the
outcome of the closed door meeting between the president and the 10-man senate
delegation.
He said the president had pledged
to address all issues concerning the two arms of government including the
impasse between Senate President Bukola Saraki and Inspector-General of Police
Idris Ibrahim.
“Well the IGP thing was one of
the issues discussed on a general note But of course it is right that the
committee was set up after some incidents had happened.
“But let me said that the issues
are beyond IGP/Senate affair. We have so many other issues that bother on
ensuring that we work better with the executive arm of government.
“So, the IGP issue was just one
of those issues that were discussed.
“Well we have told the president
all the issues that we thought we should discuss with him and of course those
issues we were mandated to discuss with him and he has taken notes and would
take appropriate actions,’’ he said.
The Senate leader expressed the
hope that the meeting would promote more understanding between the executive
and the legislature for the general good of the country.
He described as `normal’ cases of
misunderstanding between arms of government, saying that efforts were being put
in place to ensure that “the executive and the legislative arms are on the same
page.’’
It would be recalled that the
Senate had on May 9 passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP, describing him
as “enemy of democracy’’ over his failure to honour its invitations twice.
Idris, however, asked the Deputy
Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habila to represent him at the
senate.
Saraki on Wednesday also accused
the IGP of plotting to implicate him and Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara in a
murder case involving some suspected cultists.
The Senate on Thursday raised a
10-man panel to meet with Buhari over the allegation leveled against the IGP by
Saraki.
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