Adams Oshiomhole, senator-elect for Edo north senatorial
district, says Bola Tinubu, president-elect, is not looking to work with a
“rubber stamp” national assembly.
The outgoing ninth national assembly was constantly
criticised as always doing the bidding of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday in Abuja after he got his
certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Oshiomhole said the incoming lawmakers are not going to the national
assembly because of material needs.
The former governor of Edo said Tinubu is expecting to have
a senate that will contribute to the development of the country.
“Our president-elect
looks forward to a senate that would contribute to the development of the
country. I will not be part of the legislature for the powerful but for the
countrymen,” NAN quoted him as saying.
“I will be part of the senate that legislates for the good
people of our countrymen, not for the powerful, by making sure that what we do
in appropriation will be such that Nigerians get value for money.
“It is expected that the executive is powerful but does not
have absolute power, so it will not be subject to legislative check.
“We are not there for
the allowance. There are a couple of things that can be done differently so
that the renewed hope of our party can be translated into reality.
“Even the president-elect will not look forward to a rubber
stamp assembly but the one that can help to contribute to knowledge.
“Nobody has absolute knowledge but working together and
negotiating to have a win-win formula that will contribute to the dividends of
democracy.”
The former national chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) said he would not go to the senate to lament about the country’s
problems but contribute to bills that when passed could be enforced.
The 10th national assembly will be inaugurated in June.
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