Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has assured that there would be no delay in the confirmation of ministerial nominees once the list is sent to the legislature by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also assured that bills from the execu­tive arm of government would be treated with dis­patch, as part of efforts to support the President to effect positive change ex­pected from his adminis­tration by Nigerians.

Saraki gave this pledge yesterday in Abuja when he received the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Denys Gaver, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

The Senate president restated that even though the Senate was currently on break, the lawmakers would reconvene once there is any urgent matter of national importance to be attended to.

He said: “We are work­ing and we are ready to reconvene any time to at­tend to any national as­signment, including the confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees.”

Saraki also pledged the cooperation of the Na­tional Assembly with the executive arm of govern­ment in accomplishing the programmes of the administration.

He told the French del­egation that the Senate has commenced work al­ready with the setting up of an 18-man committee to formulate a realistic and progressive Legisla­tive Agenda, which he said would address issues like poverty alleviation, law enforcement, national security, commercial dis­putes and the eradication of corruption and invest­ments in the petroleum sector.

Saraki added that the National Assembly would partner with the French National Assembly in the area of capacity building for legislators, strength­ening bilateral relations between the two countries and ensuring that more French investments flow into Nigeria.

He specifically solic­ited the co-operation of the French government in tackling the security problems in the North East, particularly as Ni­geria shares borders with French-speaking coun­tries.

Earlier, the French en­voy, who described the leadership tussle in the National Assembly as part of democracy, had solicited cooperation be­tween the National As­sembly and the President Buhari-led executive arm of government.

He said the expectation of the international com­munity on Nigeria is high.

He also called for coop­eration between the pri­vate sector in Nigeria and its counterpart in France.

On security, Gaver said France is encouraging its former colonies in West Africa to cooperate with Nigeria in the onslaught against Boko Haram.

Credit: nationalmirroronline.net/