Senate Spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has stated that no level
of cost-cutting should affect the allocations that go to lawmakers.
The lawmaker said this while rejecting the call for Nigeria
to run a part-time parliamentary system.
According to him, a part-time parliament would mean a
part-time democracy, insisting Nigeria cannot run such a risk.
He stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels
Television, adding that the country’s democracy would be jeopardised if
parliamentarians in the two legislative arms transit from what is currently
obtainable to part-time.
“If the parliament is on part-time, then it means democracy
is on part-time,” he said, adding that “There is no democracy that derides its
parliament and thrives.”
Adaramodu, a member of the ruling party, who represents
Ekiti South Senatorial District, said that lawmakers of the Red and Green
chambers, 109 Senators and the 360 members of the House of Representatives
respectively, shoulder the responsibilities of their constituents.
He said they are not just in the national assembly to make
laws but also for oversight function and advocating for their constituents.
According to him, Nigerians have access to the legislature
out of the three arms of government.
“We go home almost every time and we are the ones when they
give birth to a new baby, they ask for naming ceremony funds. When they are
building a new house, it is from us they ask for assistance.
“So, if the parliament was not there, who do you expect that
our constituents would run to?
“If we are on part-time, can’t the same amount of money be
paid to part-time legislators?” He asked.
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