10th Senate Will Be Tinubu's Rubber Stamp? Crucial Prediction Emerges
- There is a tone of certainty in Adams Oshiomhole's comment on how the Tinubu-led federal government will relate to the 10th National Assembly
- Oshiomhole in Abuja on Tuesday, March 7, affirmed that the Senate will not act as a rubber stamp on Bola Tinubu's policies
- The former APC national chairman added that on his part, he will continue to be the mouthpiece common Nigerians
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Abuja - Adams Oshiomhole has said that President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not expecting the 10th National Assembly which will be a rubber stamp of his policies.
Instead, Oshiomhole said Tinubu is looking forward to working with a robust legislature that can help to contribute to the success of his administration, PM News reports.
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The former Edo governor made this submission in Abuja on Tuesday, March 7, after he received his certificate as senator-elect of Edo North Senatorial District.
Speaking with journalists on how the executive and legislative arms of the federal government will operate, he said:
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“It is expected that the executive is powerful but does not have absolute power, so it will not be subject to legislative check.
“We are not there for the allowance. There are couple of things that can be done differently so that the renewed hope of our party can be translated into reality.
“Even the president-elect will not look forward to a rubber stamp assembly but the one that can help to contribute to knowledge.
I will be mouthpiece of common Nigerians - Oshiomhole
On what he plans to do in the Senate, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosed that he will not relent in being the common man's mouthpiece just as he was as a unionist.
His words:
”I will not be part of the legislator for the powerful but to the countrymen.
“I will be part of the senate that legislates for the good people of our countrymen, not for the powerful, by making sure that what we do in appropriation will be such that Nigerians get value for money."
Presidential election tribunal: Keyamo gives reason for his absence on list of lawyers representing Tinubu
Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the official spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PPC), had explained why his name was not listed as part of the legal team that will represent Bola Tinubu in court over his declaration as president-elect.
In a tweet posted on Tuesday, March 7, Keyamo said he could not be on the list because, as a minister, that would violate the Nigerian constitution as amended.
Nigerians wondered why the SAN did not make the list after Keyamo, who currently serves as the minister of state for labour and employment, had during one of the press briefings by the APC PCC said he would be on the legal team to represent the president-elect at the 2023 presidential election tribunal.
Source: Legit.ng
