President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the emergence of the new Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and others, but said that he wished their emergence complied with the wish of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that threw them up.
A statement today by Special Adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina quoted the President as saying that he would rather that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the APC had been followed.
President Buhari said that nonetheless, he took the view that a constitutional process has somewhat occurred.
He recalled his stand which he was earlier made public that he did not have any preferred candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives Speaker and that he would work with whoever the lawmakers elected.
“That position still stands. Though I would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party.”
The President made it clear that the stability of the nation’s constitutional order and overall interest of the common man are uppermost on my mind, as far as the National Assembly elections were concerned.
Buhari called on all the elected representatives of the people to focus on the enormous task of bringing enduring positive change to the lives of Nigerians. [myad]
