Reps haunted by rubberstamp toga in two years of lawmaking | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

The House, which espouses the doctrine of parliamentary diplomacy adopted a legislative agenda of security, open governance, transparency and accountability, anti-corruption, social justice and economic growth, development and job creation.

However, observers insist that the lower legislative chamber has not lived up to its responsibility to Nigerians in ensuring good governance and accountability. She said: “The National Assembly currently does little oversight on Ministries, Departments and Agencies . To date, we are yet to hear any update on the inquiry into the Niger Delta Development Commission . However, the fundamental problem for most citizens is the electoral reform, which is currently pending despite several promises.

Arguing that the performance of the House of Representatives leaves much to be desired, he said: “While the House of Representatives may blame this poor performance largely on paucity of funds, one is left to ask how judiciously they have used the “little” they have been given. When weighed against the backdrop of their mandate, no matter how much can be claimed to have been done, the socio-economic and all other relevant indices suggest a significant failure, to say the least.

“National Assembly should improve on its work, particularly in the fight against corruption and enthronement of good governance. The House of Representatives needs to throw its weight behind calls for the amendment of the Fiscal Responsibility Act towards the promotion of transparency and accountability in fiscal resource management.“More than seven years after the statutory establishment of the National Council on Public Procurement , the body is yet to be constituted.

“The Federal House of Representatives has so far in the last two years failed to make top quality people friendly legislations, moreso because the Senate is headed by a weak Senate President who often defers to the President on any decision to be adopted by the National Assembly.

TwitterBan pays! A good reason to abolish our National Assembly of corruption. There is no accountability but a lot quid pro quo! It's Corruption, Stupid!

What else are they, just rubber stamps.

Aren't they? it's overwhelming true now. Anything na stamp or turn down in favor.

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