President Bola Tinubu has met with the outgoing Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, over the choice of leadership of the incoming 10th National Assembly.
Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting with Tinubu, Lawan said the President emphasised that the emergence of new presiding officers will be for the national interest, interest of the National Assembly, adding that ‘everybody matters in this process.’
Lawan said, “We are getting somewhere and my prayer is we are able to resolve all the outstanding issues by the grace of God. And Mr President is positively disposed to everything being done smoothly.
“We also believe that Mr. President having been a Senator himself and his Vice President also having been a Senator, this is something that they will always wish and pray for.”
Lawan said as the chairman of the 9th National Assembly, he found it dutiful and necessary to work with all the major…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
