Jonathan, National Assembly leaders meet

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday at the State House, Abuja, held a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly.

The meeting, which was also attended by Vice President Namadi Sambo, lasted for about two hours.
Senate President David Mark, his Deputy, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Emeka Ihediora, attended the meeting.

The agenda of the meeting was not made public.

Mark declined to grant an interview when he was approached by State House correspondents.

While he was making his way into his waiting car, the senate president referred the journalists to the Ekweremadu and Ihediora, who also declined comments.