No More Business As Usual, Buhari Warns

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has
reaffirmed his willingness to work with any leader
of the National Assembly that the process throws
up,irrespective of what part of the country he or
she comes from.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Mr.
Buhari said that this has become necessary in
view of the continued name-dropping in some
circles linking his name to some candidates.
“I am prepared to work with any leaders that the
House or Senate selects,” Mr. Buhari said in the
earlierstatement two weeks ago. “It doesn’t
matter who the person is or where he or she is
from.
”He added: “there is due process for the selection
of leaders of the National Assembly, and I will not
interfere in that process”.
Their has been controversy over the election of
new leaders of the Senate and House of
Representatives, as the All Progressives Congress
which has the majority seats has failed so far to
allocate the offices to different regions of the
country.
Sources in the party say the delay is apparently
because Mr. Buhari has refused to approve any
formula for the election.
Leaders of the party say the APC will not jettison
zoning, but add that the party will consider merit
first.The president-elect has insisted he will not
back any candidate.
In his statement Wednesday, Mr. Buhari said the
media and the public should begin to get used to
no more “business as usual”.
“Nigeria has indeed entered a new dispensation,”
he said. “My administration does not intend to
repeat the same mistakes made by previous
governments.”