Buhari hosts n’assembly leaders as Nigerians await his cabinet

July 11, 2019 9:05 pm

PRESIDENT BUHARI AT THE CAMPAIGN FOR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 0A. L-R; President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the Party Chieftain and Supporter during his acceptance speech at the Campaign office after INEC Declared President Buhari as President-Elect for the second term for the 2019 Presidential Election. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. FEB 27 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with leaders of the national assembly.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, led their colleagues to the meeting which is holding at the new banquet hall of the presidential villa, Abuja.

Those in attendance are Abdullahi Yahaya, senate majority leader; Ajayi Boroffice, deputy majority leader; Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip and Sabi Abdullahi, deputy chief whip.

Others are Emmanuel Bwacha, Phillip Aduda, minority whip, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, majority leader at the house of reps, Ndudi Elumelu, reps minority leader and Toby Okechukwu, deputy minority leader.

Ita Enang, a presidential aide on national assembly members, is also at the meeting.

The agenda of the meeting is unknown but it is coming few days after the senate president said the ministerial list will be transmitted to the upper legislative chamber at the end of the week.