Arms deal: Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki faults NASS on oversight functions.



Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said the ongoing investigation and trial of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, could have been prevented if members of the National Assembly were alive to their oversight responsibility.

Saraki added that things would have been done differently in the country if only members of the National Assembly had taken their oversight functions conscientiously.

The Senate President, who spoke while summing up contributions on a motion on abandoned projects in the country, noted that the rot being uncovered in the office of the former NSA would have been exposed if members of the National Assembly did not shy away from their oversight functions.

He said the mind boggling revelations coming from the ONSA had brought the oversight function of the National Assembly to question.

He sought immediate change of attitude by Senate committees on their oversight functions.



Saraki said, “Distinguished colleagues, I want to thank you very much for your contributions that we have all added today but really, distinguished colleagues, I think we have shied away today from one of the main reasons (for abandoned projects) because some of the  projects  are duly appropriated in the budget and embarked upon by various ministries and agencies.

“The motion whether we like it or not is a partial indictment on us in the National Assembly and we must accept that because these projects that we are talking about under Section 88 of the Constitution, 1(a) (b) is our responsibility to oversight these projects to ensure they are not abandoned and to ensure that the funds appropriated are properly used.

“So distinguished colleagues, I want us  in this 8th Senate to ensure that our committees carry out proper oversight and we the leadership, we are going to ensure that we too find a way to make sure that committees do their work on oversight

How can NASS peform oversight functions on Security expenditures easily especially ina country where memebrs of NASS also collect bounty for electuion mobilisation from Mr President

Fighting corruption with corruption...two wrongs can never make a right.We're watching!!
God bless Nigeria

Fighting corruption with corruption...two wrongs can never make a right.We're watching!!
God bless Nigeria...

Mr Senate president pls don't pretend as if people like David Mark doesn't know that Dasuki was the ATM machine of PDP.
Moreover, we can't sleep and close our eyes with people like you running things in this country.
NASS is part of our problem.
When you tell me the outcome of subsidy probe and the prison where Faroouk Lawan is held I may start taking you serious.