Nigeria, May 21 -- President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development.

The senate president spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration.

Mr Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the National Assembly and the Executive, said, "When elected into the National Assembly, whether in the Senate or the House of Representatives, your constituents will not give you boxing gloves. It's not a boxing tournament. You are there to work in a bipartisan manner for the interest of Nigeria."

He emphasised that the relationship between both arms of governm...