The Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Recovered Loots, Adejoro Adeogun, says lawmakers feel they are not getting enough support from Nigerians.
Since Nigeria returned to constitutional democratic rule in 1999, the two arms of government have always been under the control of a single party. However, officials of the executive arm often shunned the invitation or disobeyed the directives of committees of the. This is despite the provision of section 89 of the constitution which gives the parliament the powers to summon anyone in the course of an investigation.
PT: Couldn’t it rather be a case of the lawmakers not having the political will to enforce the summons?: I don’t think it is an issue of political will. Let me give an example.
PT: On the misunderstanding of roles of the legislature, how much responsibility does the members of the National Assembly bear, particularly with unrealistic campaign promises?: The legislators most of the time have to play the game because Nigerians don’t understand. If you go to your village and tell somebody you are a lawmaker, they don’t care about lawmaking. I am aware of a member of the state House of Assembly in my state who is being harassed in the media.
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