NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERS MEET TINUBU AT PRESIDENTIAL VILLA
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On Tuesday, the leaders of the National Assembly met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This happened shortly after both the Senate and the House of Representatives resumed their meetings after a short break.
Our correspondent saw that Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, and Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State arrived at the front of the State House around 3:30 pm.
They left the Villa about 30 minutes later, around 4:00 pm, without talking to the media. The reason for their meeting hasn’t been shared yet.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives started their meetings again on Tuesday morning at 11:00 am.
They had postponed the start date from February 24 to let different committees finish their work with government departments.
This meeting happened just a week after President Tinubu invited senators and members of the House to separate Iftar dinners during Ramadan.
During those dinners, he encouraged lawmakers to start changing the constitution to create state police forces as part of efforts to deal with safety issues
“What I am asking for tonight is for you to start thinking about how best to amend the constitution to incorporate state police for us to secure our country, take over our forests from marauders, and free our children from fear,” Tinubu told senators during their Iftar on Wednesday, February 25.
He made a similar appeal to members of the House of Representatives on Friday, February 27, urging them to ensure that the constitutional amendment includes safeguards against abuse by state governors. Tinubu had also hosted state governors to an Iftar dinner on Monday, February 23, where he declared his commitment to establishing state police, saying, “What I promise you is not to be postponed. We will establish state police.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Akpabio urged Nigerians to hold their elected representatives accountable and actively engage them on issues affecting their communities. He stated this in his address at the resumption of plenary after a brief adjournment that allowed various committees to carry out legislative assignments.
He also described the Senate as a “workshop of solutions” rather than a mere arena for political debates, insisting that the upper legislative chamber remained committed to addressing the nation’s pressing challenges through deliberate policy actions.
Akpabio said, “The Senate is not merely a theatre of debate; it is a workshop of solutions. Where social media magnifies the noise of the moment, the Senate addresses the substance of the problem. Where the digital arena stirs emotion, the legislative process pursues resolution.
The former Akwa Ibom State governor also drew attention to the significance of the national budget currently before the National Assembly, describing it as a key policy instrument that reflects the country’s development priorities and aspirations.
“Among the pressing matters before this chamber stands the national budget — that great ledger of national purpose in which the hopes of millions are translated into the language of public policy. A budget is more than figures on paper. It is a declaration of national intention.
“It tells our citizens where we choose to invest our energies, what priorities we pursue, and what future we seek to build,” he noted.
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