President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed his willingness
to work with any leader of the National Assembly that the process throws up,
irrespective of what part of the country he or she comes from.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Mr.
Buhari said that this has become necessary in view of the continued
name-dropping in some circles linking his name to some candidates.
“I am prepared to work with any leaders that
the House or Senate selects,” Mr. Buhari said in the earlier statement two
weeks ago. “It doesn’t matter who the person is or where he or she is from.”
He added: “there is due process for the
selection of leaders of the National Assembly, and I will not interfere in that
process”.
The has been controversy over the election of
new leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, as the All Progressives
Congress which has the majority seats has failed so far to allocate the offices
to different regions of the country.
Sources in the party say the delay is
apparently because Mr. Buhari has refused to approve any formula for the
election.
Leaders of the party say the APC will not
jettison zoning, but add that the party will consider merit first.
The president-elect has insisted he will not back any candidate.
The president-elect has insisted he will not back any candidate.
In his statement Wednesday, Mr. Buhari said
the media and the public should begin to get used to no more “business as
usual”.
“Nigeria has indeed entered a new
dispensation,” he said. “My administration does not intend to repeat the same
mistakes made by previous governments.”
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