New Senate leader Ahmed says PDP senators now working for Buhari’s success

Nigeria - Senate leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan has said senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are now working for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to Senator Lawan, PDP senators and other opposition parties as well as lawmakers on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) are unanimous in their support for the success of President Buhari’s administration.

He made the declaration after he met with the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, January 30, to brief him on the progress made so far by the Senate in the consideration of the 2017 Appropriation bill by the National Assembly.

Lawan told State House correspondents: “I’m here to meet the Acting President to brief him on what the Senate is doing on the Appropriation Bill 2017.

“You know we have suspended plenary for three weeks. The idea is to have ample time to focus on the appropriation bill. The committees will start to work from this week meeting the MDAs on the budget defence that they need to do.

“Secondly, you know that the Acting President is an APC Acting President of this our administration.

“As a new Senate Leader, it is also important that I come here to this office to tell the Acting President and our administration that the APC caucus in the Senate is now a united caucus.

“We are ready as a caucus to support our administration; we are also ready as a Senate, that is both the APC and the minority parties, to work for the betterment of Nigerians. Our colleagues in the opposition have always been supportive and being there for the Senate to function.”