The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has observed that since assuming office the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado has guarded all communications from the presidency to the Red Chamber with utmost responsibility.
Akpabio on Thursday night, said within the last eight months of Senator Lado`s assumption of office there has been no leakages in presidential communications to the Senate, as he described his performance as unprecedented in the area of making communication between the Senate and the President Tinubu far easier than in the past.
A visibly impressed Akpabio expressed optimism that the trio of Lado, the Deputy Senate President,/ Barau Jibril, and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State is well within the grip of the governing APC in 2027.
“Let me put on record that since Senator Lado’s assumption of office as Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on National Assembly ( Senate Matters) , we have not had a single leakage of private communication between the presidency and the Senate.
“We have not had a single incidence of leakage. Because in government, that’s what we call the right to know. The right to know. And then of course, where government business is done, on pages of newspapers and on social media through leakages of information, it negatively rubs on national security.
“So I want to thank you for upholding the tenets of what the government should be, what separation of powers is all about.
“Your performance in office generally within the last eight months , is unprecedented by transforming the office itself and making the synergy between the executive and legislature more robust and rewarding for the good of all.
“You are no doubt a man of color, man of excellence, man of style who stepped into an office and transformed it for better result delivery as it is clearly with the way you keep track on all the bills passed by us and those assented to , by the President .
“Ahead of 2027, with the Deputy President of the Senate , the National Chairman of APC , Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and your strategic self , Kano is already in the kitty of APC “, he said .
On his part, Senator Lado said in Akpabio, President Tinubu has found not only a dependable ally but a statesman who understands the delicate art of governance and the importance of cooperation over confrontation.
“Mr. Senate President, your presence here is not only symbolic of the harmony between the Executive and the Legislature; it is a testament to the power of unity, the strength of shared vision, and the boundless possibilities when leadership is anchored in service.
“Your Excellency, permit me to especially commend your steadfast and visible support for our President, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
“In you, Mr. President has found not only a dependable ally but a statesman who understands the delicate art of governance and the importance of cooperation over confrontation.
“You have not merely walked alongside the President; you have championed his Renewed Hope Agenda with conviction, defending it with clarity, articulating it with passion, and advancing it through legislative action,” he said.
