The Special Assistant on Social Media to the President, Lauretta Onochie, said on Saturday that President Muhammadu Buhari would respect the law of the separation of powers in his dealing with the National Assembly noting that Buhari won’t the follow path of his predecessors when faced with similar crisis.
In a statement on her Facebook page. Onochie urged Nigerians to ‘descend’ on the National Assembly members instead of expecting President Buhari to do so.
She said, “I understand when well-meaning Nigerians call on President Buhari to ‘descend’ on the National Assembly, the Senate in particular. After all, that’s what Presidents Jonathan and Obasanjo did.
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“With all due respect, it would appear, and was very clear, even to the blind that what Nigeria had under President Obasanjo was democracy tinged with autocratic tendencies.
“President Buhari is a man of honour. He has vowed to give Nigerians a democratic leadership and he will not be pressured into breaking that vow.”
“This idea of wanting our President to break constitutional provisions that recognize separation of powers is nothing but a total cop out on the side of Nigerians. We must have democracy in a democratic setting.
“Nigerians did it in January of 2012. That was when we recovered the executive arm of our government. The elections of 2015 merely confirmed that Nigerians actually recovered their government.”
Recall that President Buhari on Wednesday set up a committee to resolve the unending conflict between the legislature and the executive.
He appointed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the chairman of the committee.
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