President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday urged Nigerians to be patient with any law of the land that they are not convenient with.
He asked that aggrieved Nigerians should “engage the process in line with democratic practices.”
The President made this position known at this opening of the two-day joint executive-legislative leadership retreat, which was themed, ‘Promoting effective executive-legislative partnership, finding a middle ground’, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari added that the process of law making and governance was dynamic and evolving.
He said, “Let me also remind our common patriots, gentlemen and women, that the process of law making and governance is dynamic and ever evolving.
“I will seek their indulgence to be patient with any legislation or law which they have certain misgivings about and engage the process in line with democratic practices.
“Our interest is sincere promotion of our collective will and aspiration to build a nation where justice, peace, and progress are the norm.”
The President added that the principle of separation of power as spelt out in the constitution was created to enable all arms of government to work together in manner that was cooperating and collaborating, through engagement from both the legislative and executive.
Buhari said the collaboration had made it easier for the government to organized and realized development goals, responding faster to the economic changes such as the coronavirus pandemic that necessitated the 2020 budget for a review.
