Senator, representing Bauchi South at the National Assembly, Ali Wakili, has debunked any insinuations that there is a cold war between President Muhammad Buhari and the Senate.
Punch reports that Wakili, while speaking at a press conference in Bauchi on Monday, said such reports were meant to create “bad blood” between Buhari and the Senate President Bukola Saraki.
“I am getting sick of how some people are trying to destabilise the nation through false propaganda by creating bad blood between the National Assembly and the President.
“As one of the Senators that supported the Senate President, I know for sure that neither Saraki nor any supporter of Saraki has the idea of fighting the Presidency.
“We are sick and tired because our names are being dragged into the mud. Our constituents are asking us questions why we are quarreling with Mr President? We have taken our time to explain that there is no quarrel between Mr President and the Senate,” Wakili said.
He stressed that the power of the Presidency and that of the Senate and the judiciary are spelt out in Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Constitution.
“If you go into the Constitution on the issue of oversight function, you will discover that the National Assembly has oversight function on all government activities that will not warrant that there is going to be a clash between the National Assembly and the Presidency, especially under President Muhammadu Buhari,” he added.
