jagmong The Newspaper Headlines for Wednesday, March 1, have focused on the exchange of words amongst members of the House of Representatives over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s disclosure that he will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him, amongst other top stories.
According to a report onThe Punch, members of the House of Representatives exchanged words on Tuesday, February 28, over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Lawmakers quarrelled over the use of the word “sickness” in referring to Buhari or explaining his reason for being away from the country to the United Kingdom since January 19.
It was gathered that the disagreement, which was more pronounced among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress started after the House Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila tried to stop the Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, from describing the president as a sick man.
Gbajabiamila claimed that Buhari was on “medical vacation’ while Ado-Doguwa said the president was sick and was away to treat himself.
Moving on, All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that he will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him,The Nationreports.
Tinubu pledged his continued loyalty to the president and the APC in a statement to debunk a story published by ThisDay
The statement titled:“Response to Thisday false news report”added that the former Lagos state governor was neither planning a team nor holding consultations with the intention of planning any presidential campaign.
It also said Tinubu would never join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or any mega party, having laboured hard to bring the APC to life and power.
In other news, members of both chambers of the National Assembly are piqued at the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians living in South Africa and have threatened reprisals, if the attacks continued,Vanguardreports.
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Berating the executive arm of government for not engaging the South African government seriously on the attacks, the Senate and House of Representatives resolved to send their members to engage their counterparts in South Africa.
The lawmakers spoke as the Federal Government told the Senate that no Nigerian was killed in the latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa, just as protesters in Lagos, called for the closure of the South African High Commission in Nigeria.
Still on the xenophobic attacks, the South African government on Tuesday, February 28, deported 97 Nigerians resident in that country to Nigeria,This Dayreports.