Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday held a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
An All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor was also reportedly at the meeting.
Speaking with the media after the meeting, Lawan disclosed that the 2017 Appropriation Bill was the major topic discussed.
He also said he used the opportunity to assure Osinbajo that the APC Caucus in the Senate was now united.
Lawan said: “I am here to meet the Acting President, to brief him on what the Senate is doing on the Appropriation Bill 2017. You know we have suspended plenary for three weeks.
“The idea is to have ample time to focus on the Appropriation Bill. The committees will start to work from this week, meeting the MDAs on the budget defence that they need to do.
“Secondly, you know that the Acting President is an APC Acting President. As a new Senate Leader, it is also important that I come here to this office to tell the Acting President and our administration that the APC caucus in the Senate is now a united caucus.
“We are ready as a caucus to support our administration; we are also ready as a Senate, that is both the APC and the minority parties, to work for the betterment of Nigerians.
“Our colleagues in the opposition have always been supportive for the Senate to function.”
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