Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the upper legislative chamber which he has presided over for the past four years worked for the interest of Nigerians.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the upper legislative chamber, which he has presided over for the past four years, worked for the interest of Nigerians.The ninth national assembly has been criticised by many for allegedly succumbing to the whims of the executive.
“You reported those things that we have done and one thing I can say here is that you remain factual, you remain truthful in reporting whatever happened in the senate. “Some of them extremely crucial and critical bills that have come to reform either our economy or the oil industry or our social environment or our electoral process, are things that we are very happy about and we have been able to achieve.”
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