Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, met with President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Lawan, who fielded questions from State House correspondents afterwards, said the courtesy visit was to thank Osinbajo for the support and all the interventions he made, during the contest for leadership of the 9th National Assembly.
Lawan (APC-Yobe North) was on June 11, elected the new Senate President of the 9th Senate.
“As new National Assembly, we have received a bipartisan mandate from across the parties.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Young Progressives Party (YPP) voted for us and we believe that this time and opportunity to consolidate the support that we received across the political parties in the National Assembly.
“We believe that we must remain united in the National Assembly; we must remain focused for us to be able to deliver those legislative interventions that are necessary for good governance in the country.
“We also believe that we must foster relationship with the Executive Arm of government that is based on cooperation and collaboration,” Lawan said.
The Senate President also said it was the desire of the leadership of the 9th Assembly, to work seamlessly with the executive arm of government.
“My comment is that parliament is not a primary school or secondary school where you have a headmaster or a principal that will dictate to his students.
“Those who are aware of what parliament is all about; know that it is an aggregate or an assemblage of people who have equal status.
“Being elected as the Senate President does not mean that I am the boss of other senators; I am simply to coordinate and lead and aggregate views and lead debates.
“And whoever is in the majority that will be the decision of the Senate appropriately and accordingly; so, there will be nothing like rubber stamp.
“So far, I have never seen a National Assembly that had a rubber-stamp leadership and I have been around for 20 years to know if there was one,” he added.
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