Nigeria Senate on Saturday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
to toe the path of diplomatic engagement in the ongoing suspension of democracy
in the neighbouring Niger Republic.
The resolution was reached after a four-hour closed-door
meeting on the crisis rocking Niger, a West African country.
The resolution of the upper legislative chamber followed an
executive communication, which President Tinubu sought for the implementation
of resolution of ECOWAS on the political situation in Niger Republic.
Reacting to the letter, Senate President, Godswill Obot
Akpabio, said, President Tinubu never requested for approval for Nigeria to go
to war with Niger Republic, stating that there was misrepresentation of the
letter in the media.
According to him, President Tinubu requested for approval
for the implementation of ECOWAS resolutions in his capacity as the Chairman of
ECOWAS.
He said: “By the virtue of the correspondence of President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Commander-in-Chief, he has not o for the approval of
the parliament or of Senate to go to war as erroneously suggested in some
quarters, rather Mr President and Commander-in-Chief had expressed and I quote,
in which to respectfully solicited support in the successful implementation of
the ECOWAS resolutions in the said communications.”
“The leadership of the Senate is mandated to further engage
with the President and Commander-in-Chief on behalf of the entire Senate to
ensure how best to resolve the crisis.
“The Senate call on the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria as Chairman of ECOWAS to further encourage other leaders of ECOWAS to
strengthen political and diplomatic options and other means with a view to
resolving the impasse.”
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