Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the Rubber-stamp tag on the Red Chamber does not bother him.
Describing his tenure as a glorious moment and a worthwhile adventure, Lawan noted that the 9th Senate performed in the three core areas of lawmaking, representation and oversight.
He noted that National Assembly passed many bills into law, out of which former President Muhammadu Buhari assented to about 112.
Speaking at a valedictory session with the Senate Press Corps yesterday in Abuja, Lawan said that his returning to the Senate for the 10th National Assembly having served as the President of the Senate would be purely for full representation of the people of Yobe North.
Lawan who has spent 24 years in NASS and has won re-election to the 10th Senate said he has witnessed a lot and worked with sets of Journalists, even as he stressed that they achieved the legislative agenda they set for themselves through “bipartisanship” and “united more efficient and productively worked for the nation.”
In his words, “My tenure, a glorious moment. It has been a worthwhile adventure. During my campaigns I said we will run a Senate that worked for Nigerians and we stick to that. We started very well.
“ After the election we said we would be bi- partisan and that helped us to be more effective and focused. Yes, we had disagreement but not much. On the whole, we have been able to work together as one legislature, irrespective of party affiliation. We are citizens of Nigerian, even though our parties are different. We did everything to move our country forward.
“I want to say that our unity and partnership and understanding of each other has made it possible for us to achieve much. Infact, in all my stay here, I have never seen a Senate that achieved much.”
