The House of Representatives has said it expects President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his promise to honour the lawmaker’s invitation.
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday told State House Correspondents that the lawmakers expected the president to fulfil his promise to appear before the House as a man of honour and integrity.
He said Buhari, who has not honoured the promise, was yet to communicate with the House on why he has not appeared before the lawmakers to address the insecurity challenges bedeviling the country.
This is despite the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami claim that the parliament lacked the power to invite the President.
Also, the Senate had dissociated itself from the invitation extended to the President by the House.
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege said it is unconstitutional and an aberration for any arm of the national Assembly to summon the President to speak before it.
The Chairman of its Committee on Media and Publicity, Benjamin Kalu told reporters after plenary that since the House was yet to receive any official communication from the President, it would be wrong to assume that he would not honour the invitation.
Kalu clarified that the move was not to ridicule him over security matters, instead the President was invited for an engagement with the House on ways to address the lingering security challenges and get feedback from him on steps already taken on the situation.
