PDP’s newest recruit, Senator Dino Melaye has hit out at the President for making what he called ‘Unpresidential’ statements against the National Assembly.
The President was reported to have during a meeting with a delegation of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) at the Presidential Villa, alluded to the National Assembly being insolent.
Melaye took offense to this and stated that the President’s statement was both “unpresidential” and “unconstitutional.”
He said; “As a senator who came to the National Assembly in 2007, about eleven years ago, I am particularly unhappy that my privilege is abused by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari last week.
“Last week, the president in the Presidential Villa while addressing the delegation of the Buhari Campaign Organisation and this was televised in Channels Television and AIT and I have a copy to tender.
“The president in his address said he doesn’t know what we are doing in the National Assembly. He said that some of us have been in the National Assembly for over 10 years and we have nothing to show for it. This statement is not only unpresidential, but it’s an assault on my person and the institution of the National Assembly where I am proudly a member. Such derogatory statement and insult on the National Assembly should not be allowed to go unnoticed.
“For the president to so speak in low tones about the National Assembly, I begin to ask myself if Donald Trump will address the Senate of United States in like manner,”