President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, in Abuja said \u201ccultivating neighbourliness\u2019\u2019 on individual and national level will deepen the values of democracy and speed up development process by saving the cost of delays and repairs.<\/p>\n
Buhari, who hosted leaders of the National Assembly at a dinner in the State House, said an effective working relationship with the legislative arm of government will easily translate into more gains for Nigerians, noting that \u201cit pays to maintain neighbourliness\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
The President said he was pleased with the voting pattern of principal leaders of the National Assembly, which showed a lot of maturity and patriotism, and also signalled to all Nigerians that love for the nation supersedes party affiliations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very pleased that people expressed their desires at the National Assembly across party lines. Neighbourliness is very important.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes sense to cultivate neighbourliness on individual and national level. If you cultivate good relationship with your neighbour, you will save a lot emotionally and materially,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Buhari said Nigeria had benefitted a lot by maintaining a good relationship with neighbours like Cameroon and Benin Republic, pointing out that the fight against Boko Haram had been jointly carried out with neighbouring countries, while Nigeria\u2019s drive for food security had been discussed with neighbouring countries to cut smuggling.<\/p>\n
The President urged the legislature to stop comparing Nigeria\u2019s democracy with more developed countries as every country had its peculiarities and the historical growth patterns had been different, with the developed countries practicing liberal democracy for longer years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlong the line of development, we are a developing country. We have different experiences,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
In his remark, the Senate President Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan assured the President that the legislature was ready to work with the executive to provide solutions to the challenges facing the nation.<\/p>\n
Lawan noted that the 9th National Assembly was different in \u201cattitude, composition and patriotism\u2019\u2019 and will ensure good \u201ccollaboration, partnership and synergy\u2019\u2019 on national issues.<\/p>\n
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, said elections of principal officers in the National Assembly were transparent, assuring that the National Assembly will work with President Buhari to improve the lives of constituents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, in Abuja said \u201ccultivating neighbourliness\u2019\u2019 on individual and national level will deepen the values of democracy and speed up development process by saving the cost of delays and repairs. Buhari, who hosted leaders of the National Assembly at a dinner in the State House, said an effective working relationship with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[97,204,648,158],"class_list":["post-12701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-government","tag-lawan","tag-presidency"],"yoast_head":"\n