Nigeria's National Assembly has pledged their loyalty
to President Muhammadu Buhari
- The National Assembly says it would keep supporting
the vision of the Buhari administration for a greater
Nigeria
- Going further, the National Assembly claimed that no
administration since 1999 has received more
cooperation from the legislature like President Buhari
The National Assembly on Friday pledged its
loyalty and commitment to President
Muhammadu Buhari and prayed that God would
bless him with additional tolerance for him to
continue to tolerate its members as his children.
The Senate President Bukola Saraki made the
pledge when representatives of residents of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) paid Sallah
homage to the President at his official residence
in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Saraki, who was represented by deputy senate
leader, Sen. Bala ibn Na’allah, said the National
Assembly would keep supporting the vision of
the Buhari administration for a greater Nigeria.
According to him, no administration since 1999
has received more cooperation from the
legislature like President Buhari.
“Mr president, I have the authority of each and every
member of the Senate and the House of representatives to
wish you a blessed Eid-el-Fitr in 2018 which we are
celebrating today
“And I have the authority of each and every one of us to
equally pledge our loyalty and commitment to work with
you for the betterment of this country and to wish you more
strength; to wish you more health and most importantly Mr
president to add additional degree of tolerance for you so
that you tolerate us as your children.
“Mr president let me seize this opportunity to say, for the
record, that from 1999, when we started our democratic
experience, to date no president and I repeat, `no president
and I say for the third term `no president has received the
amount of cooperation from the National Assembly like
you contrary to what is outside there,’’ he said.
The senator also thanked the president, on
behalf of the National Assembly, over his
decision to revisit and address the unresolved
issue of June 12, 1993 presidential election,
which was presumably won by late MKO Abiola.
President Buhari had on June 6 in a statement
declared that henceforth, June 12, be observed as
Democracy Day in Nigeria and that some heroes
of democracy be given national honours.
The president fulfilled this promise on Tuesday
when he conferred on late MKO Abiola the Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic
(Posthumous), Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe and late
Gani Fawehinmi were also conferred with Grand
Commander of the Order of the Niger.
“May I on behalf of the Senate and the House of
Representatives again thank you for that bold steps you
have taken in addressing the unresolved issue of the June
12.
”You might have underestimated the effects of that singular
act. But I will tell you sir, you have achieved more than 75
per cent of what South Africa did with the Truth and
Reconciliation Committee with this singular act.
”You may not understand sir, but I’m sure in near future
you will understand the value of that singular act.
“Along that line, may I on behalf of the National Assembly
implore our religious leaders to begin to think along the line
of uniting this country.
“God has brought together, we do not have any alternative,
as far as we are concern we should continue to live as
brothers and sisters,’’ he said.
Responding, President Buhari called on all
Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation
from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in
the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and
contributing individually to realise the goal.
to President Muhammadu Buhari
- The National Assembly says it would keep supporting
the vision of the Buhari administration for a greater
Nigeria
- Going further, the National Assembly claimed that no
administration since 1999 has received more
cooperation from the legislature like President Buhari
The National Assembly on Friday pledged its
loyalty and commitment to President
Muhammadu Buhari and prayed that God would
bless him with additional tolerance for him to
continue to tolerate its members as his children.
The Senate President Bukola Saraki made the
pledge when representatives of residents of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) paid Sallah
homage to the President at his official residence
in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Saraki, who was represented by deputy senate
leader, Sen. Bala ibn Na’allah, said the National
Assembly would keep supporting the vision of
the Buhari administration for a greater Nigeria.
According to him, no administration since 1999
has received more cooperation from the
legislature like President Buhari.
“Mr president, I have the authority of each and every
member of the Senate and the House of representatives to
wish you a blessed Eid-el-Fitr in 2018 which we are
celebrating today
“And I have the authority of each and every one of us to
equally pledge our loyalty and commitment to work with
you for the betterment of this country and to wish you more
strength; to wish you more health and most importantly Mr
president to add additional degree of tolerance for you so
that you tolerate us as your children.
“Mr president let me seize this opportunity to say, for the
record, that from 1999, when we started our democratic
experience, to date no president and I repeat, `no president
and I say for the third term `no president has received the
amount of cooperation from the National Assembly like
you contrary to what is outside there,’’ he said.
The senator also thanked the president, on
behalf of the National Assembly, over his
decision to revisit and address the unresolved
issue of June 12, 1993 presidential election,
which was presumably won by late MKO Abiola.
President Buhari had on June 6 in a statement
declared that henceforth, June 12, be observed as
Democracy Day in Nigeria and that some heroes
of democracy be given national honours.
The president fulfilled this promise on Tuesday
when he conferred on late MKO Abiola the Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic
(Posthumous), Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe and late
Gani Fawehinmi were also conferred with Grand
Commander of the Order of the Niger.
“May I on behalf of the Senate and the House of
Representatives again thank you for that bold steps you
have taken in addressing the unresolved issue of the June
12.
”You might have underestimated the effects of that singular
act. But I will tell you sir, you have achieved more than 75
per cent of what South Africa did with the Truth and
Reconciliation Committee with this singular act.
”You may not understand sir, but I’m sure in near future
you will understand the value of that singular act.
“Along that line, may I on behalf of the National Assembly
implore our religious leaders to begin to think along the line
of uniting this country.
“God has brought together, we do not have any alternative,
as far as we are concern we should continue to live as
brothers and sisters,’’ he said.
Responding, President Buhari called on all
Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation
from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in
the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and
contributing individually to realise the goal.
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