Senate President Ahmad Lawan has
pleaded with Nigerians to guide the national assembly whenever things are going
wrong.
Lawan made the plea at a
reception where he was honoured alongside Abubakar Aliyu, minister of state for
works and housing, in Damaturu, Yobe state capital, on Saturday.
He asked Nigerians to continue to
support the federal lawmakers and to not hesitate to call them to order when
they act wrong.
He said: “I want to use this
opportunity to appeal to Nigerians to continue to support us in the National
Assembly; to advise us and to guide us where we are wrong or where we are about
to be wrong.”
The senate president, who has at
various times been accused of blind loyalty to the executive, also pledged to
run a non-partisan leadership at the national assembly.
He said the actions and decisions
of the federal lawmakers will be for the benefit of Nigerians.
“I can take it upon myself to run
a non-partisan senate, where party does not determine what we do. What we do
could be determined by the interest of Nigeria,” he said.
“Every Nigerian, regardless of
his political party, wants to see an economy that works and also wants to live
in peace.”
Maimala Buni, governor of Yobe
state, commended Lawan for creating “harmonious relationship” between the
legislative and executive.
He said the senate president has
restored the “vital trust” between the two arms of government.
“For the first time, in a very
long time, senator Ahmed Lawan has also restored the January-December budget
circle as provided for in the 1999 constitution which gives the government
better opportunity in delivering on its mandate,” Buni said.
