….As Saraki leads debate today in plenary
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke
ABUJA – SENATORS of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were Monday, locked in separate meetings to deliberate and fine-tune common positions ahead of debate on the country’s economic recession, expected this morning at plenary.

The development came as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is expected to lead a debate on the state of the Nigerian economy this morning, shortly after presenting his welcome speech at the Senate plenary.

While the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, superintended over the APC caucus meeting in his Maitama residence , the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu was in charge of the PDP meeting in his Asokoro Legislative Quarter’s home.

The meeting, according to Vanguard source, was aimed at reaching a common ground so that both sides would not oppose each other on expected resolutions.

The two meetings, at the time of filing this report, were still ongoing in the separate locations.

”We want to discuss Nigeria tomorrow and not APC or PDP. We are all suffering at the moment following the situation we have found ourselves and so, this not time to engage in party politics.