President Muhammadu Buhari and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday met to discuss the rising cases of violent attacks at political rallies and the newly introduced cash withdrawal limit by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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The Speaker, who revealed this to correspondents after the closed-door; meeting in the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described the session as routine and meant to deliberate on key national issues while not revealing the outcome.
Fielding questions on the purpose of the villa meeting, the Speaker said: “It’s the regular routine discussions on state matters and, and of national interest. I haven’t seen the President in a little while. He’s been away. He just got back. Of course, also his birthday.
But more importantly, we had to discuss issues surrounding state matters.”
