Senate President, Dr. Bukola Sarakli on Monday denied speculations of rifts between the presidency and the senate, insisting that both arms were working together for the common good of the nation.
Saraki made the denial via his Twitter handle @bukolasaraki.
He said all reports of fight between the two arms of government were exaggerated, adding that what has been going on are just normal functions of the two arms of government.
He wrote, “No rift between @NGRPresident & @NGRsenate just people exaggerating normal exec & Legislative actions. I’m in constant touch with @MBuhari.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that recently the media (print, broadcast and online) has been awashed of the rumoured rifts between both arms of government.
This follows the Senate’s refusal to confirm the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC maintaining that the President must suspend the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu as it earlier recommended before it can proceed with the confirmation of the 27 RECs.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Custom, Hammed Ali, had also within this period turned down Senate’s invitation.
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN) had also refused to honour senate’s invitation, saying that the Senate cannot order him to appear before it.
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