Sen. Ahmed Lawan reveals how 9th Senate will relate with executive, APC
Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan has said the 9th Senate would go full blast without encumbrances against the next leadership.
He stressed that party loyalty was panacea to legislative/executive rivalry, saying the 9th upper and lower chambers will behave differently. “As a party, we believe in national development rather than the interest of politicians and I want to say that we will listen to the party in matters of legislative leadership.Senator Lawan spoke against the backdrop of the 8th Senate leadership crisis occasioned by the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki which lingered through the tenure.
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