The Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the National Assembly Complex
was “almost collapsing.”
Gbajabiamila said this when he
hosted Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, in
Abuja on Monday.
He said the legislative complex
is “presently in a sorry state”, urging the federal capital territory
administration (FCTA) to take over the maintenance of the building, NAN
reports.
“As it is today, the building is
almost collapsing. The maintenance is at zero level,” he said.
The speaker, who attributed the
present state of the building to funding challenges, said it would be easier
for the FCTA to maintain it.
He also said part of what the
federal lawmakers need “to have a robust legislature” is a fully-equipped
standard library.
“So we will be needing your
intervention in this regard. We will need to make the house fully I.T compliant
also,” he told Mustapha.
“And how do you work if you don’t
have these things on your fingertips? ”And your office is very critical to
actualising these legislative agenda that we have set for ourselves.”
Gbajabiamila, however, said that
as part of the reforms of the lower legislative chamber, efforts had been made
to upgrade the internet connectivity within the area.
“I’m glad to announce that by
tomorrow when we resume sitting, one of our reforms would have been in place;
the chamber now is more or less 80 per cent I.T. compliant,” he said.
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