President
Muhammadu Buhari has said that though he would have preferred that the
process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) had been followed, he was ready to work with
the leadership of the National Assembly that emerged on Tuesday. In his reaction to the election of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Buhari’s position which was conveyed in a statement by the Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina
reiterated that his earlier statement that he had no preferred
candidates in the election of the President of Senate and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives
MOHAMMADU BUHARI
The statement reads:
“President Muhammadu Buhari has noted the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly.
“A statement issued by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) said
the president would rather that the process of electing the leaders as
initiated and concluded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been
followed. Nonetheless the President took the view that a constitutional
process has somewhat occurred.
“President Buhari had said
in an earlier statement that he did not have any preferred candidate
for the Senate and the House of Representatives
“Though he would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party”.
Adesina stressed that the stability of our constitutional order and
overall interest of the common man were uppermost on the President’s
mind, as far as the National Assembly elections were concerned.
The President called on all the elected representatives
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