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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo last night met the leadership of the House of Representatives over the state of the nation.
The meeting was held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, where a highly placed Presidency sources told DailyTrust that the meeting was at the instance of the acting president.
Sources described the meeting as a “consultation” with the leadership of the House over critical national issues.
Another source hinted that Osinbajo would seize the opportunity to brief the House leadership on his Tuesday's meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London.
Meanwhile, sources in the presidency had also listed the delay in the inauguration of the two new ministers-designate as an agenda for the meeting.
The House had on Tuesday, asked Osinbajo to swear in Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassan (Gombe) within one week.
Dailytrust reported that it was not clear whether the acting president only met Speaker Yakubu Dogara, as some of the principal officers of the lower chamber, including Deputy Speaker Yussuf Suleimon Lasun; House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Deputy Chief Whip, Pally Iriase, were in Lagos yesterday ahead of a joint National Assembly retreat on the ongoing constitution amendment.
The meeting was held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, where a highly placed Presidency sources told DailyTrust that the meeting was at the instance of the acting president.
Sources described the meeting as a “consultation” with the leadership of the House over critical national issues.
Another source hinted that Osinbajo would seize the opportunity to brief the House leadership on his Tuesday's meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London.
Meanwhile, sources in the presidency had also listed the delay in the inauguration of the two new ministers-designate as an agenda for the meeting.
The House had on Tuesday, asked Osinbajo to swear in Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassan (Gombe) within one week.
Dailytrust reported that it was not clear whether the acting president only met Speaker Yakubu Dogara, as some of the principal officers of the lower chamber, including Deputy Speaker Yussuf Suleimon Lasun; House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Deputy Chief Whip, Pally Iriase, were in Lagos yesterday ahead of a joint National Assembly retreat on the ongoing constitution amendment.
