AKEREDOLU WANTS SENATE SCRAPPED, NUMBER OF REPS REDUCED

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has called for scrapping of the Nigerian Senate. The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, advocated for a maximum of four representatives from each zone, noting that  the lower chamber  should not be unwieldy as it is currently.

Akeredolu made this call at the Southwest Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Constitution Review, held at Akure Centre, in the state capital.

The governor, represented by his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, noted that the country should consider dropping the current bicameral structure of the National Assembly and adopt a unicameral legislature.

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According to him, “The membership of the Assembly should be part time. No member should earn allowances not known to the Revenue Mobilisation and Allocation Committee, and the people they claim to serve.”

Continuing, he said legislators should earn under a uniform salary structure, and that allowance peculiarities must not be about obscenity. The Senate, he added, should be scrapped.

“The House of Representatives too should not be unwieldy. A maximum of four representatives should come from each zone,” he said.

The governor said all issues which elicited distrust and suspicion must be investigated dispassionately.

Again, he said: “Nobody must be shut out; all must be treated equally. All decisions must be anchored on the principles of equity and justice.”

The governor noted that constitution review was an important assignment which must be undertaken with all seriousness.

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