The headline of leading newspapers in Nigeria on Thursday, January 20, 2022, was disheartening to read. Many of the dailies read, “” The headlines were so because the Nigerian Senate, after a needlessly prolonged process, was finally dancing to the tune of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , as regards the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
For a country like Nigeria splashing a ridiculous amount on lawmaking, one should expect better from the leadership of the Nigerian Senate. In 2019 Nigeria reportedly had the second-highest-paid federal legislators in the world with each senator earning around N328,359,000 per year in salaries and allowances. The Senate is mandated to at least sit for 180 days a year, so you can calculate how much that is per sitting.
The Electoral Act Ammendment Bill was the last hope of the masses for free, fair and credible elections but not anymore. The Senate has bowed to the executive because, as they have shown, they are an extension of them. This is not what “seamlessly working together with the executive,” according to the Senate President, is. This is forsaking constituents who pledged their vote to you.
As for the president, this is unbecoming of a democratically elected president and a so-called converted democrat. Maybe his conversion will be complete when he finally gets out of office. He was truthful when he said, in a recent interview, that the 2023 elections are not his concern. But isn’t he supposed to at least lay a good foundation while he has the power to? I knew he would never assent to the initial copy of the bill sent to him in November 2021 and he didn’t disappoint me.
All they do all day as a Rubber-stamp bunch
That's true
Unfortunately....true
Na today? We don know this one tey!
Very sorry
I wonder who's gonna heal this country with Men around.. maybe heavens itself
Expensive shit
Not far from reality
Yes, they are, most useless
Very correct.
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