Leader of the Senate, Senator
Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday described the Nigerian Senate as the misunderstood arm
of Government Since its inauguration in 1999.
According to him, most Nigerians
think senators do nothing to justify their huge salaries and allowances.
Senator Lawan stated this in
Abuja yesterday while speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee
of both Chambers put in place to organize a special day tagged “National
Assembly Open week” to mark the three years Anniversary of the 8th National
Assembly coming up on June 9th this year.
According to him, “the maiden
event tagged “National Assembly Open week” is being put in place by the 8th
National Assembly to engage stakeholders including Civil Society Organizations,
CSO, the Executive and the judiciary on our operations.
“Such operations include but not
limited to oversight functions, introduction and passage of bills, motions, the
passage of annual budgets and many other functions
“This rare opportunity will allow
them to ask questions and we will provide answers to all their questions and it
is our belief that they will, in turn, see that we are all working towards a
common goal of making Nigeria great.
“Honestly, the National Assembly
is the most understood arm of Government especially the members of the Public;
they are thinking we are just staying here and doing nothing, we are
representatives of our people and we have to make good laws for them to get
good dividends of democracy.”
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Senate works compare to security work's they doing nothing. Those who protect the country and also protected the Senate individually, their salaries are not up to one percent of the Senate allowance. Almighty is watching you people
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