What Dogara, I discussed with Buhari — Saraki

The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said he in company of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara discussed issues bordering on “national interest” with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The President had earlier held a closed-door meeting with both leaders of the National Assembly.

Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Saraki the President “engaged them very well.”

Speaking further, the Senate President said he and Dogara “came to discuss issues and activities of the National Assembly during the absence of the president”.

He disclosed that the meeting with the President centred on the “budget, the economy, CBN, Euro bond, the issue of the ambassadorial list, the stability in the Niger Delta, and a whole range of issues”.

On Buhari’s health, Saraki maintained that the President is doing very well.

“I was not talking to myself.? He is doing very well, we discussed issues of national interest,” he added.