President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Gbajabiamila said he was in the villa to discuss national issues requiring the attention of both the legislature and the executive with the president.
The Speaker said the National Assembly was on the same page with the president and the government regarding the Xenophonic attacks on Nigerian citizens in South Africa.
Gbajabiamila also revealed that they deliberated on the issue of budget circle as well as the $9.6 billion dollars London Judgment debt.
He expressed the hope that the executive arm would submit the 2020 appropriation bill to the national assembly before the end of September, 2019.
