You Can't Force NASS To Do Your Will-Saraki, Dogara To Executive
The ongoing face-off between legislature and executive arm of government appears not to be ending any time soon as Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said on Thursday that no amount of intimidation from the executive arm of government will make the National Assembly abandon its core mandate. The two leaders of the National Assembly made this known yesterday as protesters under the auspices of Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, enveloped the National Assembly, not only to support the National Assembly over some key decisions it had taken in recent times but to also register their grievances against alleged attempts by the executive arm of government to undermine the legislature. The legislative chiefs said the legislature would continue to focus on its constitutional responsibilities even in the face of external interference by those in the executive arm of government, who they said, have trie...
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