President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will continue to work in synergy with the executive arm of government.
This according to him is to enhance service delivery to the people.
Lawan spoke on Wednesday while playing host to a delegation of the Arewa Film Makers Association of Nigeria which paid him a courtesy call at the National Assembly, Abuja.
This was made known via a statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi.
The Senate President said that the Legislature and the Executive were elected to work together for the citizens.
He said; “We in this current session of the National Assembly are determined to work for Nigerians and in doing so, we believe that we have to work very seamlessly among ourselves in the National Assembly, both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
“But we also believe that we should continue to work with the executive arm of government. We decided right from the beginning that we need serious synergy, partnership and cooperation between the two arms of government.
“The essence of electing the Executive and the Legislature is to bring the two arms together to work for the citizens.”
“In the process, the Legislature is supposed to oversight the Executive and in that process, we are expected to disagree but we are expected to agree more than disagree.
The Senate President noted that anything short of that synergy between the Executive and the Legislature is tantamount to chaos.
“If someone believes that the National Assembly or the Legislature should always be fighting with the executive arm of government before you recognise that Legislature as being active, that person is getting it wrong,” he said.
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Talking about the film making Industry, the Senate President assured his guests that the Ninth Assembly is willing to partner with any film making organisation from all part of the country.
Lawan said the film making Industry could play a very significant role in the national re-orientation efforts.
The Chairman of the Arewa Film Makers Association of Nigeria, Ahmad Kaka who led the delegation expressed the desire of his Association to partner with the National Assembly with a view to tackling some of the challenges facing the country.
He announced that his Association had decided to make the Senate President it’s Grand Patron and during the visit also conferred on Lawan the title of Garkuwan Arewa.