The Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is currently in a closed-door
meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mr. Dogara
went into the president’s office at about 11:57 a.m.
Sources at
the villa also said the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki will also be
meeting with Mr. Buhari after Mr. Dogara.
The meetings
are coming on the heels of apparent Executive/ Legislative rift following the
refusal of the Nigerian Senate 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 EFCC by Mr.
Buhari in spite of the lawmakers’ refusal to confirm him twice.
(Premium
Times)
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