By Levinus Nwabughiogu

The Presidency has refuted claims in some quarters of the society that it deliberately put off the breaking of fast between President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the national assembly scheduled yesterday due to the current face off.

Reacting to the claims, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said it was not a “cancellation”.

According to him, there was a clash in the schedules.

He explained that a future date would be fixed for the meeting.

“Please don’t call it cancellation because nothing like that happened.

The President’s Iftar for the leadership of the National Assembly was postponed, to be rescheduled for another date.

“This arose from the clash of schedules. You know the President spent the first fourteen days of the fast out of the country. The schedule was put up hurriedly on his return to ensure that all interests are accommodated.

“It turned out that the date fixed for the parliament could not be sustained due prior commitments some of the invitees had. We are expecting that a new date will be appointed”, Shehu said.