Dino Melaye, senator representing
Kogi west, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making a “derogatory remark”
about the national assembly.
Melaye said this on Thursday
while speaking on the floor of the senate.
Last week, the president had
criticised members of the national assembly when he received a delegation of
the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) led by Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of
the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
“What have they been doing? Some
of them have been there for 10 years. What have they been doing?,” Buhari had
said.
Reacting, Melaye said the
president belittled the national assembly through the “unpresidential” comment.
He said: “As a senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria who came to the national assembly in 2007, about 11
years ago, I am particularly unhappy and my privileged was abused by the
president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari last
week.
“The president in his address
said he does not know what we are doing. He said some of us have been in the
national assembly for over 10 years and we have nothing to show for it and this
and I said this statement is not only unpresidential but is an assault on my
person and the institution of the national assembly where I’m proudly a member.
“Such derogatory statements and
insult on the national assembly should not be allowed to go unnoticed. I’m very
proud to be a member of the national assembly that I have been for the past 11
years.
“One then begin to wonder why you
will summon the IGP and he will refuse to come, we are not surprised why
director-generals of parastatals or agencies will refuse to honour summons of
the national assembly because the body language of the president is demeaning
body language of the national assembly.”
The senator said it was wrong for
Ali to lead a campaign organisation as the head of a para-military
organisation.
“I feel I should bring this to
the notice of this senate. The occasion where the president made this statement
is an event of the BSO led by comptroller-general of customs,” he said.
“CG of customs is a rank in a
para-military organisation. If the CG customs will be leading a Buhari campaign
delegation, it is an aberration to his oath of office.”
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