Incumbent Chairman of the 8th
National Assembly and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged members of
the Red chamber to ensure that the long-awaited ministerial list of President
Muhammadu Buhari is treated with urgency, when it is eventually submitted by
the President Buhari this week.
Saraki, whose led Senate resumed on
Tuesday, after its 4th recess in 110 days of its existence, in his Resumption
Address, expressed optimism that the presence of ministers will create the
space for greater policy engagement between the legislative and executive arms
of government, adding that it wi
ll also enable the Senate to begin to respond
in a more systematic manner to the various economic and social challenges
confronting the nation.
The full text of the address tweeted
by the Senate President via his Twitter handle, @bukolasaraki read in part: “As
we await the list of ministerial nominees this week, I believe the presence of
ministers will create the space for greater policy engagement with the
Executive Arm of government and enable us to begin to respond in a more
systematic manner to the various economic and social challenges before us,
especially through our various Committees that will also be constituted soon.
“On this note, I want to urge you
all my colleagues to ensure that what is uppermost in our minds as we begin the
constitutional task of screening of ministerial nominees is the overall
interest of our country, informed by the enormity and the urgency of the
challenges before us.
“Once the list is submitted, let us
ensure that we treat it with dispatch. We must not be held down by unnecessary
politicking. The enormity of our national challenges at this time does not give
room for pettiness or politics of vendetta.”
Read full text of the Senate
President’s address here: http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=56575
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