The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that his visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday, was to receive his blessing and consult him on how to assist him in moving the Senate and the nation forward.
Saraki made this known to journalists during an interview after his over two hours closed-door meeting with Obasanjo at his Hilltop home in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
The senate president said he and members of his delegation also came to tap from Obasanjo’s wisdom and knowledge.
“I’m here with some of my colleagues. Since I’ve been the Senate President, as one of our fathers, the former president, we are here to pay our homage to him, to seek his advice, to get his blessing and also to consult.
“We all know President Obasanjo’s value to this country and we are here to tap from his wisdom, knowledge and experience.”
Saraki did not say the kind of consultation he held with Obasanjo but a source at the meeting said that Saraki had seek Obasanjo’s counsel and intervention on how to smoothen the soured relationship between him, the party, and President Muhammad Buhari since his emergence as senate president.
When reporters asked him how he was sorting out his differences with his party, he said, “As you can see, things are moving smoothly. Definitely, be rest assured that all that would be put behind us very shortly. We are very confident about this.”
Speaking on the calls for a downward review of Nigerian lawmakers’ salaries and allowances, Saraki said, “Well, I think already that is in progress. If you remember last time, it was about N150 billion and it’s coming down to N120 billion.
“I think the situation in the country deserves that every public servant must make sacrifices and whatever sacrifice that is necessary, we will do it.
“And that is being done. So, be rest assured that we are sensitive, we are aware of the situation in the country and if we are going to lead, we must lead by example. And we would do that.”
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