The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District,
Ali Ndume, has called on the Nigerian government to make the Senate a part-time
work, where lawmakers only get paid when they have a sitting at the plenary or
committee level.
Ndume made this call on Friday while responding to questions
in an interview on Trust TV.
According to him, the Senate and the entire legislators do
not go to office on a daily basis, but only during plenary sessions and at the
various committee levels.
He said, “To me, I said it, what are we doing? We have been
on recess for several times. Let us be paid by sitting. If you sit, you get
paid. If you are not sitting, you are not paid.
“And to me, we can even make the National Assembly to work
part time. On Wednesday, we all assembled for an emergency meeting for this
year; important national issues, that is the state policing even though I have
reservations as to the speed and the way they are doing it.
“Senate is a committee of elders. You just don’t come one
day, sit down because the President wants state police, you just pass it
overnight.
“You are supposed to sit down, deliberate on it and get the
input. We have passed the bill. Has the state police taken off today?”
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