The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says of the three arms of government, legislators are the most misunderstood and attacked by Nigerians.

According to him, Nigerians blame lawmakers for everything, including things not directly under their control.

The Senate President, represented by the senator representing Ogun Central, Shuaib Salisu, said this on Sunday at the 100th birthday colloquium of a Second Republic lawmaker, Senator Kunle Oyero, organised by the Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys Association in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Akpabio said, “The one arm of government that people don’t really understand and is always a subject of ridicule and attack is the legislature. In fact, people sometimes don’t think legislators do anything at all.


“The problem is that the metric of measuring the performance of the legislators by the electorate is different from what is contained in the syllabus. The syllabus will say as a legislator your role is to make laws, perform oversight functions and make appropriations; those are the three things a legislator must perform.

“But any senator that confines himself to that will not get a return ticket even in his party because the metric of measuring the performance of legislators is the number of transformers, and other material things they give to the people they are representing.”

However, the Global President of AGSOBA, Sunday Oduntan, advocated that lawmakers should work part-time.

“Nobody should be blamed for anything. Our major problem is the structure and the way we do things. There is one thing to have good laws, another thing is to implement the law and I think that is where the problem is. The political terrain could be a lot better,” he added.

Source: https://punchng.com/Nigerians-make-unfair-demands-on-lawmakers-Senate-President

See talk.

Were you elected to be redundant before?

helinues:
See talk.

Were you elected to be redundant before?

Do you want to become a senator? I can help ok.

Resign

While the stupid redundant rubberstamp NASS stooges are exacting unreasonable demands on the poor hapless citizens by living off the lean resources meant for the masses.

He rather kick the bucket than to resign as a senate President of Nigeria

Dejones2020:
Resign

I think this Akpabio man is having a mental relapse. Someone should check on him real quick.

Dear Akpabio, you people deserve not even 1/1000 of the things you enjoy as politicians in this country. Your comments are totally insensitive and perversely at variance with the reality on ground.

You need to put a leash on your tongue sir. Y'all are pushing your luck way too far.

He is right. They are grossly misunderstood. But they can do better by ensuring some transparency in how the national assembly operates.

Very true , if you are very close to any NASS member you will know this , any visit to your constituency you will spend nothing less than 7 million if you are very stingy oo

But you dey collect allocation for the said senatorial district....so what is the allocation meant for ?

omenka:
I think this Akpabio man is having a mental relapse. Someone should check on him real quick.

Dear Akpabio, you people deserve not even 1/1000 of the things you enjoy as politicians in this country. Your comments are totally insensitive and perversely at variance with the reality on ground.

You need to put a leash on your tongue sir. Y'all are pushing your luck way too far.

You dey make noise.

Urheadmaster:
He would prefer to kick the bucket as a senate President than to resign

Exactly.,......

Make Laws AND AMEND the CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONALLY.

Resign and stop talking GIBBERISH.

JUST TURKEY TEETH.

Your syllabus say, as a legislator, your role is to make Laws.
SO RESTORE FULL AUTONOMOUS POLICING, RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING STATUSES TO OUR 36 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITIES
AND FUND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY THE CERTIFIED TITHES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR CONSTITUTIONAL STATES.
DO THIS NOW AND DON'T LEAVE IT FOR ANOTHER MILITARY COUPISTS.