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| President Buhari, VP Osinbajo and the lawmakers at the closed door meeting |
President
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night met behind closed doors with the
leaderships of the Senate and House of Representatives at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
The
Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, led the leadership of the two chambers to the
State House.
Other
Senate leaders at the meeting included the Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume;
the Deputy Majority Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah; Senate Minority Leader, Godswill
Akpabio and Minority Whip, Philip Aduda.
The
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu was absent at the meeting.
Honourable
members from the House of Representatives at the meeting included the Deputy
Speaker, Yusuf Lasun; and House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila.
They
arrived the First Lady’s Conference Hall venue in a convoy at about 8.45pm.
The
meeting started around 9.15pm when Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and
some top government officials arrived at the venue.
Journalists
were barred from covering the meeting.
Even
though the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it was gathered that it
was not unconnected with moves to resolve the crisis and reconcile Saraki with
the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Saraki,
who is being prosecuted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false
declaration of assets emerged the President of the Senate against the party’s
wish.
Another
issue that might be tabled during the meeting is the plan by the President to
send a supplementary budget to the National Assembly.
The
meeting was still in progress as at 10.53pm on Wednesday night.
Reported
by TheNation.
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