Babajimi Benson is the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Benson who
Babajimi Benson, Chaiman House of Representatives Committee on defense during an interview with PREMIUM TIMES.Babajimi Benson is the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence. In this interview with
Maybe what you want to say is that having a bi-camera legislature is expensive but I believe that the House of Representatives has held their heads very high and we are the most effective of any arm of government we have in Nigeria today.already covers 360 federal constituencies in Nigeria so if the House looks into that and they put it up to vote, I may be in support of a unicameral parliament.
Babajimi Benson, Chaiman House of Representatives Committee on defense during an interview with PREMIUM TIMES. Like in other countries, it is probably only in Nigeria that we fund military on the budget. In other countries, there are different ways of funding their military because it is very critical to have the military in place and it is very critical to have your territorial integrity defended and having internal security appropriate, it has a nexus on how developed you would be.
PT: Should the bulk of people waiting all bring a petition to the House of Representatives before they get their benefits?I’m saying that some people who have those kinds of petitions approach me. I’ve dealt with petitions like this in the past, they do act on them and we get results.I think the ninth assembly, being an assembly that has adopted the name ‘nation building, a joint task’, to the best of our ability, have done our best and stood in for Nigerians.
Yes, so many representatives earn so much but have responsibilities so so so so so much. Legislators get deserving requests daily. Only 40 or 50 per cent gets released for me to execute a constituency project that is domiciled in a federal ministry I have no control over. All I have to do is to nominate a project and say locate it here. So I get ₦15 to ₦20 million out of what is due to me, and I have six local governments.
PT: Both houses of the National Assembly have bills on regional development commissions at different legislative stages. Some believe this would balkanise Nigeria. Do you believe this too?As the ninth Assembly, the constitutional review committee, which would start work soon, has a very strong role to play in ensuring that this country is restructured. Because what those zones want is that they want a better take, arrangement, benefits from this entity called Nigeria.
It is something the House is looking at, that going forward, we should start building the capacity of our local industries. Innoson for me is a fantastic, brilliant idea but they need to ramp up in terms of capacity so that Nigerians and MDAs would be able to patronise them.Benson:PT: If a member comes in halfway, how is the deduction made?That would be better explained to you by the House Services Committee. I’d be the wrong person to give you a brief on car issues.
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