President Buhari has reacted to the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity Femi Adeshina said though the president would have preferred that the process of electing the leaders as initiated and concluded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been followed,he says he accepts the outcome of the results.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has noted the outcome of the just-concluded election of leaders of the National Assembly.
“President Buhari had said in an earlier statement that he did not have any preferred candidate for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and that he was willing to work with whoever the lawmakers elected. That sentiment still stands.
“Though he would have preferred the new leaders to have emerged through the process established by the party”.
