Goodluck Jonathan Meets National Assembly Leadership

President Goodluck Jonathan has met with the National Assembly leadership with a view to foster better relations between the executive and legislative arms of government.

At the meeting, which held on Wednesday night and was attended by Senate President David Mark and Tambuwal, among others, it was agreed that special intervention funds should be provided for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the National Judicial Commission (NJC) and other critical bodies.

Tambuwal, who gave insight into the deliberations at the meeting while the House was considering 12 clauses of the 2014 Appropriation Bill, before its passage, said they discussed funding for INEC, NJC and other strategic bodies and concluded that a pool of unspecified intervention funds be set aside for their operations.

The funds will be domiciled in the president's office, he added.