The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdulahi Adamu has told the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, that with all mainstream elections over noe, it was time for governance.
Senator Adamu gave the charge when he received in audience Akpabio, who led some members of his colleagues on Sallah homage to his Keffi residence in Nasarawa State.
He told members of the 10th National Assembly to work with the executive arm of government in the overall interest of Nigerians.
Adamu said, “I congratulate you and your deputy on your emergence as the President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate, respectively. Your emergence was a great relief to the party.
“Contests for offices are over; it is now time for governance. There must be effective collaboration between the legislature and the executive in the overall interest of our people.
“Nigerians expect a lot through you and that can only be achieved through a united legislature and the executive working in sync in a bipartisan manner.
“As the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, you have the knowledge, experience and what it takes for the two arms of government to work in harmony for the peace and development of our country.”
Earlier, Akpabio, expressed happiness for the opportunity to pay homage to Adamu, adding, “Sallah is a period to exchange love, which is what Islam enjoins us to do.”
On the entourage of the Senate President were the Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, and senators Dave Umahi, Ali Ndume and Opeyemi Bamidele,
According to Akpabio, Senator Adamu is a man of integrity who piloted the recent zoning arrangement in the National Assembly that produced results.
He said, “We are here to pay Sallah homage to a man of honour. To give respect to whom it is due. We thank the leadership of the party and the National Working Committee through you for the role you played, which led to the success of the National Assembly leadership elections. We also thank the Almighty Allah for keeping you alive and we pray that He keeps you alive in good health for more contributions to the development of the youth of this country.
“As I have been saying, the 10th National Assembly will support the President Bola Tinubu administration to succeed. We will put laws in place to support the Renewed Hope agenda of this administration in the overall interest of national peace, unity and development.”
