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Stop Persecutin­g N’Assembly Leadership, Senator Sani Tells Buhari

- Deji Elumoye in Abuja

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has advised the presidency to stop the persistent use of state apparatus to persecute the leadership of the National Assembly.

In a Facebook post yesterday titled ‘Immediate Recipe for Peace Between The Presidency and The Parliament’, Sani also advised the legislatur­e to accord President Muhammadu Buhari the due respect he deserves.

Sani representi­ng Kaduna Central in the Senate said the presidency must put a stop to the use of state apparatus to hunt, frame, intimidate and persecute the federal legislator­s.

He further advised the Executive arm of government to end the systematic demonisati­on of the leadership and members of the National Assembly.

His words “The presidency must end all political trials and compel all presidenti­al appointees to honour and respect summons and accord the Senate president and Speaker of the House of Representa­tives their due respect.”

The presidency, he further said, should end sponsorshi­p of synthetic protests at the National Assembly gate.

Sani also advised his colleagues to, apart from according President Buhari due respect at all times and confirm pending presidenti­al nominees.

While urging the legislatur­e to speed up passage of all Executive Bills before it, the senator advised the National Assembly to forget the thought and proposal for the impeachmen­t of President Buhari.

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