For saving him from embarrassment, President Buhari moves to reconcile with Saraki

Sources has revealed that President Buhari has made moves to reconcile with Senate President, Bukola Saraki after the later intelligently preventing the senate from rejecting his appointments
The Senate was said to be angry with President Buhari after his nominees resumed duty without the mandatory screening by the senate
The nominees included Mr. Williams Babatunde Fowler who is being proposed as Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Eng. Umaru Garba Dambatta, the nominated vice chairman of the National Communication Commission (NCC), Ahmed Lawan Kuru, the proposed Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation (AMCON) as well as Mr.Kola Ayeye, Eberechukwu Fortunate Uneze and Alh. Aminu Ismail, all of whom are Executive Directors, AMCON.
The Senate President had read the communication from Buhari on the nominations of the heads of the agencies during the plenary on Tuesday and according to the tradition and rule of the Senate, he should during the Wednesday sitting raise the matter for the Senate to decide on what day and how the screening will be conducted.
However, before the commencement of sitting that Wednesday, Saraki did a random sampling of opinion of his colleagues and sensing that many of them were angry about the breach committed by the nominees who had assumed office and were already acting in their various capacities contrary to the position of the law, the Senate President ensured that the matter was not listed on the Order Paper for the day. He also refused to mention the issue on the floor.
Senator Barnabas Gemade who did not know the reason why Saraki refused to mention the issue raised a point of order during the plenary sitting under Order 40, rule. (1)which states that “The President of the Senate shall immediately after prayers ….read to the Senate any message addressed to the Senate by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
The Senate President had to quickly counter the ranking Senator by citing the provision of Order 40, Rule 2 which states that “A message from the President, if presented to the Senate by the Leader of the Senate may be brought up at any time before the commencement or at the close of public business, and shall be considered forthwith or ordered to be considered upon a future day”, The operating phrase relied on Saraki to save the day is ‘considered upon a future day’.
The belief is that if the Senate President had tabled the matter for discussion and put the question to vote on when and how the Senators should commence the screening of the Presidential nominees, an overwhelming majority might oppose the screening and that summarily interprets to rejection and disqualification of the nominees.
“That was what happened when President Jonathan nominated Mrs. Mfon Akpan from Akwa Ibom, as chairman of FIRS. Her nomination was summarily rejected during voting on whether to screen her or not. That is why a Director in the service, Mr. Odugbesan was the one acting in the office till recently. If the Senate President had raised the issue last Wednesday, the nominees would have been rejected out rightly.
This is believed to be the reason president Buhari decided to be sat with the senate president during the independence day celebrations
After the Independence day ceremony , they also met for a brief meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting was held behind closed doors  at the president’s office after having light refreshments at the venue of the Independence Day ceremony
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker House of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as well as Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, were said to be in attendance at the brief meeting.
Details of the meeting was not immediately made public but it is believed to be centered on Saraki’s ongoing trial at the Code Of Conduct tribunal (CCT)
It was the first time the two have met since Saraki against party wishes, became senate president

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