Reacting to the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly, the President said he would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party, All Progressives Congress (APC).
He reiterated his earlier stance that he was willing to work with whoever the lawmakers elected, adding that he had no preferred candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives leadership.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President said he would have preferred that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the APC had been followed. Nonetheless, the President took the view that a constitutional process has somewhat occurred.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com..“President Buhari had said in an earlier statement that he did not have any preferred candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and that he was willing to work with whoever the lawmakers elected.“That sentiment still stands. Though he would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party.”
Adesina stressed that the stability of 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 the elected representatives of the people to focus on the enormous task of bringing enduring positive change to the lives of Nigerians,” the statement added.
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