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
earlierstatement 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".
Their 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.
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."
Source: PremiumTimes
