Nigerian Lawmakers deny working against Presidency

 
Aliyu Ndume

Aliyu Ndume

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has debunked reports in some quarters that it may have been working against the interest of the Presidency.Leader of the Senate, Aliyu Ndume, made this remark on behalf of the Senate on Thursday while reacting to a newspaper publication.In the said publication, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Barr. Udo Udoma was quoted as saying the Senate should be held responsible for the failure to meet October target for the consideration of 2017 budget.Citing Order 42, 52 and 15 of the Senate standing rules, the leader said the Minister has been invited to appear before him to throw more light on the document he submitted relating to the 2017 budget but he failed to appear.“In this Senate, we have the opposition that is cooperating with us. We are also the majority who make the government, so we are not working against the government”, the Senate Leader added.On his part, the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East, Albert Bassey said he had personally confronted the Honourable Minister who is his own “brother” and that he denied making such remarks, adding that he was quoted out of context by the media.In his ruling, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki also confirmed that he got across to the Honourable Minister as soon as he saw the said publication and he (Minister) did promise to retract the statement through subsequent publications.He, however, cautioned both the executive and the legislature not to go into blame game but work towards nation building.Saraki, therefore, assured the Presidency that the Senate would commence considerations of the budget as soon as the document required is provided by the Minister.  

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