Senate President, Lawan, Urges Opposition Parties To Team Up With Incoming APC Government

By Akinwale Kasali

Dr. Ahmad Lawan, Senate President of the Ninth Assembly has called on Opposition Parties to put the 2023 General Elections behind them any bitterness over the election, be sportsmanlike by teaming up with the President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s incoming All Progressives Congress, APC, Government.

Lawan said this is necessary for the development of the nation, as burying their hatchets will help in jointly taking the Country to the next level of development.

The Senate President made this call in Abuja, on Friday, April 28th, 2023, while receiving in audience a delegation of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States led by its Secretary General, Georges Chikoti.

He added that he was receiving his guests at a time Nigeria is going through a transition, assuring them that the transition from one Government to a new Government on May 29, 2023, will not be an issue for the Organisation.

Lawan said, “You are coming at a time when we are going through a transition and thank you very much by the way for congratulating Nigeria for the peaceful elections that we had and of course the peaceful and very smooth transition that are going through.

“By May 29, our president would have finished his tenure but we will have another administration coming and that is not going to be an issue because it is a government that is being replaced by another government from the same political party.

“And of course here in Nigeria, so far, the opposition has been very supportive. The Minority Leader is here. We have enjoyed a very excellent relationship in the Parliament.

“I will use this opportunity to call on all opposition in Nigeria to team up with our new administration for the development of our country.

“Elections are over and what is left is governance and governance is for everybody. What is necessary, what is critical today is how we can come together as a people regardless of our political platforms to ensure that our country is taking to the next level of development”, he said.

Commending the Group, Lawan said, “the partnership that we try to form with the European Union is essentially to help us to be self-reliant and self-dependent, rather than taking some kind of little assistance from them. Partnership in trade and other areas that are vital and that are decent for Africa and Pacific Countries”.