Members-elect of the incoming 10th National Assembly have been urged to take the issue of public accountability and justice seriously to ensure that Nigerians enjoy the true dividends of representative democracy.
the call was made by speakers at the first Senator Ekpemoriri Lamai Memorial Lecture, including Senators Abubakar Umar Gada, Victor Oyofo, Rochas Okorocha, Sanusi Daggash and Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor.
He dismissed calls for the reduction of number of lawmakers and unicameral federal legislature, remarking that experience has shown that the country was better off with a bicameral legislature. Senator Oyofo had, in his opening remarks, suggested that Nigeria should adopt part-time legislature to reduce the spiralling cost of governance, noting that reports from the #openNass campaign showed that in 2017, each lawmaker cost taxpayers N54,000.
Similarly, former Imo State governor and Senator representing Imo West, Okorocha, noted that instead of 109 Senators, the country should make do with do with 37 Senators for the 36 states and FCT.
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