Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday said his recent meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari is not connected to the President $29.9bn loan request rejected by the Senate.
He said this in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu.
He advised Nigerians to quit “peddling empty speculations about his recent visits to the Presidential Villa and linking such visits to the request by the Buhari administration for approval of the National Assembly to get $29.9bn loan from foreign sources.”
He said it was “unfortunate” that some politicians are commenting on the loan without factual basis.
Saraki said, “Like I once told the media, these politically-motivated commentaries are trivialising a serious national issue and presenting it as if it is a personal matter that can be decided at meetings between Saraki and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The National Assembly, which I head as Senate President, has taken a position on the issue as required of it by the laws of the land and legislative conventions.”
Recall that Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose had asked Saraki not to approve Buhari’s loan request.
