By Henry Umoru

ABUJA— THE Senate, yesterday, described President Muhammadu Buhari’s commencement of moves to help improve the relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government as a welcome development.

SENATE CHAMBER

According to the Senate, the peace initiative is not only a desirable development but a good one.

The Senate said it was prepared to work with the executive to address those grey areas that have created the problem between the two arms of government.

Addressing journalists on the development, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, noted that the Presidency had communicated to the Senate on the peace initiative.

He added that both arms of government required very massive and huge understanding to sustain democracy.

He said: “We have heard about the initiative by President Muhammadu Buhari in setting up a Presidential Committee on Executive-Legislature Relations to be headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

“This initiative is a welcome development. It is a good step in the right direction. The Senate, in particular, and the National Assembly, in general, is ready to co-operate with the group and work with them to resolve all grey areas standing on way of the smooth working relationship needed to deepen our fledgling democracy and ensure good governance for the benefits of Nigerians.”

Senator Abdullahi, who noted that the Senate’s actions were always motivated by the need to entrench democracy and promote good governance, however, lamented that it was unfortunate that such actions had been misinterpreted by some persons.

He said senators were carrying out their responsibility within the confines of the law in order to move the nation’s democracy forward.

He also decried the tendency by appointees of the President to always resort to use of uncomplimentary remarks against the Senate.