In what could go for the largest orchestra ever to sing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s theme song, the Nigeria’s National Assembly was thrown into frenzy as the theme song rent the air.
Led by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, assisted by the Senate Leader, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, and other principal officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives burst into the Tinubu Mandate’s theme song the moment President Tinubu entered the legislative chamber.
Seeing the President entering the chamber, Akpabio began: On Your mandate we shall stand, On your mandate we shall stand, On your mandate, Bola, on your mandate, On your mandate we shall stand.
The entire chamber, was momentarily thrown into frenzy, though some lawmakers sat on their seats, while others just looked on as the Akpabio orchestra took the Mandate song.
The lawmakers were joined by the delegation that followed Mr President in rendering the song even as President looks on amused.
It was the first time will throw caution to the wind in blurring the thin line between the executive and the 10th Assembly.
Principal officials of the National Assembly, especially the Senate President had in the past been caught wearing the broken chain symbol cap of President Tinubu even in the hallowed legislative chamber.
A Public Affairs Analyst Olawale Olaleye insists it was the greatest faux par of the 10th Assembly, that has been trying very hard to extricate itself from the perception of being a rubber stamp legislature.
In a terse response on his Facebook Timeline, Olaleye said: “Honestly, Godswill Akpabio doesn’t have to make it obvious that the National Assembly has been captured by President Bola Tinubu.
His entire speech is a disaster – both in reading and content. Attempting to be funny when in fact he is so dry and has never been, is unfortunate.
Wait, what was that, “On your mandate we shall stand” at budget presentation on the floor of the senate? O ma se o.
Even if you shoved independence of the legislature down the throats of these guys, they’ll choose to remain captured.
