Ambassadorial Nominees: Don’t Compare Buhari With Ex-Presidents – APC Tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to give the decision of the Senate to return the list of non-career ambassadors to the presidency for reviewing a political colouration.

The APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who gave the advice on Wednesday, said attempts by the PDP to give the Senate’s action a political colouration and other negative interpretations were unnecessary and misleading.

Odigie-Oyegun noted that the Senate, in the adopted report of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, stated on Tuesday that the decision to return the list followed petitions received on the nominations and went ahead to propose that the presidency review the ambassadorial list.

He assured Nigerians that the relationship among the country’s three arms of government, particularly the executive and the legislature was healthy and strong.

He said, “President Muhammadu Buhari is a democrat and does not subscribe to the idea of “controlling” the National Assembly as was the practice with the PDP during its 16-year misrule of the country.

“Respect for the principle of the Rule of Law and the constitutional provisions of Separation of Power between the three arms of government is a best practice and also healthy for our democracy. The powers and duties of the three arms of government are clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and President Muhammadu Buhari respects them.”