The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has provided insight into why President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), were unable to deliver on their electoral promises during their first four-year tenure.
Mr Lawan lamented that the plan of the APC to deliver on most of its promises to Nigerians was stalled in the first tenure of the President Buhari administration as a result of the feud between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government.
Mr Lawan spoke on Monday night in a speech delivered to close the First Progressives Youth Conference 2021 which was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
He said, “When we were voted in 2019 as leaders of the National Assembly, we were conscious of one thing, that the mandate that was given to us by Nigerians in 2015 had suffered disruption and dislocation.
“For four years (2015 to 2019), our government could not perform optimally because of the then crisis between the parliament – the National Assembly – and the Executive arm of government.
“So, APC had already lost four very important years. And, that was supposed to be the years that we should have convinced Nigerians that they took the right decision by voting out a PDP administration in 2015. This point to the reason for Buhari’s failed promises in his first tenure.
“What are our options? We are one party in different arms of government. Our policies are supposed to be the same. Our programmes and projects are supposed to be the same, whether you’re in the legislature or the executive.
further giving reasons for Buhari Failed promises he said “So long as you are APC, that is your programme and project, that is your government and you are bound to make it succeed.
“So, we took the conscious decision of working in harmony that our relationship must be characterized by consultation, coordination, partnership and mutual respect, that we must succeed in the second tenure (2019 – 2023).
