BEVERLY HILLS, April 03, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed-door with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the President’s office.
While the meeting with Dogara was taking place, the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, arrived the presidential villa for a separate meeting with Buhari.
Dogara had earlier come in to the Presidential Villa, Abuja and went into the President’s office at about 11:57 am for the meeting.
The President of the Senate, Bukola Sparaki, also arrived the Villa for his meeting with Buhari. He arrived at about 12.30pm and walked in to see the President immediately after Dogara left.
There has been an apparent rift between the Executive and the National Assembly which came to fore last week when the Senate refused to consider and approve the list of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners, REC.
The Senate said it is stepping down the confirmation hearings in protest against the continued retention of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Buhari despite the lawmakers’ refusal to confirm him twice.
