Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday told President Muhammadu Buhari to lobby members of the National Assembly in order to implement his government’s policies.
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Saraki, however, advised the President to shun the style the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, used for lobbying the lawmakers.
The Senate President said this to Buhari when the latter presented the estimates of the 2018 budget to a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Abuja.
“Mr. President, I will like to advise and caution that there is no better time in this administration than now for a rigorous drive for good working relationship between the executive and the legislature.
“The early passage of the 2018 budget will depend on this good working relationship. The passage of important executive bills that improve the ease of doing business is also dependent on this. So, Mr. President, the 469 members in this chamber are your true partners that will ensure the success of your administration in achieving its goals and objectives. So, lobby them – not the PDP way; close ranks and let them work for you,” Saraki advised.
President Buhari laid a budget size of N8.612tn before the legislature for 2018, an increase of N1.7tn from the N7.44tn appropriated in 2017.
