Is the president supposed to control the Senate?

Oshigun:


No insult but some of you talk as if born yesterday. A president who is interested in the radical tansformation of his Country, perhaps through reforms never seen before, needs a supportive and equally bold legislature which the self-serving Saraki-led senate has been the opposite of.

The control of the senate is therefore vital and something the executive arm must plan to achieve as this is critical to overall success of a regime. That is what Remi Tinubu is saying that you mischief-makers feign ignorance of.

This is the case even in the USA so I don't know where you get your own half-baked idea that it is wrong for the executive arm to seek to gain control of the legislative arm, when this delivers the ability to influence policy directions, by majority fiat.

Sorry, you know nothing.

backnbeta:
Is the president supposed to control the Senate?

No. Remi Tinubu is saying , as obtains everywhere worldwide, the Presidency must plan to gain majority control of the Senate so laws that favours government effectiveness can be passed quickly.
A simple political concept you guys are showing ignorance of.

Any government anywhere in the world, practicing our system of governance, must try to control the upper and lower legislative house. This is sin qua non.

Oshigun:


No. Remi Tinubu is saying , as obtains everywhere worldwide, the Presidency must plan to gain majority control of the Senate so laws that favours government effectiveness can be passed quickly.
A simple political concept you guys are showing ignorance of.

Any government anywhere in the world, practicing our system of governance, must try to control the upper and lower legislative house. This is sin qua non.

In saner climes, things are done the right way...having the Senate on your side is by hard work not by force.

royalamour:


Sorry, you know nothing.

You are ignorant. Why do you think Parties, in our Presidential syetem of governance, seek to control the legislative arm by having majority representation in it?

Read the link below to appreciate your own ignorance considering the USA defined the political system we follow in Nigeria.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-46120373

The Democrats have taken control of the US House of Representatives in the mid-term elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump.

A Democratic majority in the lower chamber for the first time in eight years will restrict his ability to steer his programme through Congress.

backnbeta:

In saner climes, things are done the right way...having the Senate on your side is by hard work not by force.

Remi Tinubu did not indicate Buhari should gain senate support by force. If you know history you will understand she is chiding Buhari for his hands-off approach that produced Saraki as Senate President when the APC, because it had the majority in the upper house, had the right to produce a Senate President that would help Buhari achieve and not a PDP turncoat like Saraki forever sworn to protecting the interest of the elite while frustrating everything in the interest of the common man.

She is saying second-term Buhari should pay attention to what matters because doing that will help him succeed better. She is right as Saraki has been nothing but a PDP mole , masquerading as APC senate President, while doing his best to frustrate everything positive the APC tried to achieve via the legislative arm.

Oshigun:


Do yoh follow events at all or just side with your ethnic/religious local champion?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wde7D0GLHug

Oga, how did Saraki frustrate Buhari??

Okoroawusa:

See the kind question wey person dey ask?


E be like say u no dey Nigeria since,u just come back from Panya

Not only panya but he has no telecommunication device such as Radio.

Okoroawusa:

I come Lagos come train mad people?

That is not the answer... You that know too much tell him one instance that the Senate block the president.

Oshigun:


No insult but some of you talk as if born yesterday. A president who is interested in the radical tansformation of his Country, perhaps through reforms never seen before, needs a supportive and equally bold legislature which the self-serving Saraki-led senate has been the opposite of.

The control of the senate is therefore vital and something the executive arm must plan to achieve as this is critical to overall success of a regime. That is what Remi Tinubu is saying that you mischief-makers feign ignorance of.

This is the case even in the USA so I don't know where you get your own half-baked idea that it is wrong for the executive arm to seek to gain control of the legislative arm, when this delivers the ability to influence policy directions, by majority fiat.

This makes no sense at all. The legislature is an independent arm/branch of govt and under no circumstance should it be under the control of the president.
The president doesn't need to control the National Assembly in order to achieve its objectives, what it needs is good and cordial working relationship and I don't see how Saraki or Dogara has stopped Buhari from implenenting those 'wonderful' policies you think he has.
We don't need an oyes NASS, we don't need a NASS that doesn't have a mind of its own. We don't need a legislature that's an appendage of the presidency. We don't want out National Assembly to be a rubber stamp to the president, otherwise we have a very powerful president even more powerful than the constitution that creates him.
We want a NASS that can look the president in the face and tell him you can't get this because you don't need and it's not in the best interest of Nigeria.

We must all thank Saraki and Dogara for checking Buhari's excesses. Buhari has been dictatorial right from birth and so we need a NASS that can put him in his place.

In the US you mentioned, Donald Trump and the Congress don't actually agree on every issue but it hasn't stopped them from working together for the progress of their country.

A.P.C ANIMALS PEOPLES CONGRESS WILL SOON CRY ME A RIVER

royalamour:
This statement is very damaging to PMB's re-election.

Knowing this will make most senators go all out to make sure a prospective right infringer don't assume office.

I thought the Senate is an independent body?

So, these people want to control even the senate too.

This is not healthy.

exactly!