A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos has called on his colleagues to evaluate the character of various aspirants to the senate presidency and speakership of the 10th National Assembly and place then accordingly.
Speaking at a conference organized by Orderpaper advocacy initiative themed "Setting the Agenda for Youth Inclusion in Parliament" for Media and Civil Society Partners on ‘Open Parliament Index (OPI),’ a project being implemented by the Nigerian Network of Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs), Bagos said that Nigerians must ensure that those aspiring to lead them in the legislature possessed the requisite skills for the job to enable them enact people-oreiented legislations.
Bagos who represents Jos South/Jos East federal constituency of Plateau state the quality of leadership will directly or indirectly affect the generality of Nigerians.
The lawmaker who was reelected for the incoming assembly hailed OrderPaper for their periodic assessment of the performance of national Assembly members, saying the organization has kept lawmakers on their toes to deliver on their mandate.
He said: "If youths are able to understand their agenda, it will help in making informed decisions.
"We will be with you at any point in the life of the 10th National Assembly. Order Paper has kept members of the National Assembly on their toes with your analysis and views. What keeps us as a guide in the National Assembly is the Order Paper.
"People are advocating for the scrapping of the House of Representatives or the Senate by looking at only the quantum of funds been spent to maintain the institution, forgetting that the democracy is the most expensive form of governance. So, there is a need to look at the Impact of the National Assembly.
"You should be able to expect robust legislations in the National Assembly. Our major problem is leadership, from the point of governors and the president. We at the National assembly are trying to bring upon a more robust leadership".
Bagos said it was a misconception on the part of some Nigerians to think that the N120 billion yearly budgetary provision for the national Assembly was money meant to shared by the entire members.
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