Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, APC, Abia North has thrown his weight behind calls for part-time legislature at both Federal and state levels.
According to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the creation of part-time legislature at both Federal and State levels would help the nation cut costs and enhance the citizenry’s trust in the polity.
The former Abia State governor said this in an interview published on his verified Facebook page over the weekend.
On calls for part-time legislature, Senator Kalu said, “I think it will be a very good idea if my colleagues and other members of the Houses of Assembly will agree that we can sit for three months and do constitutional amendment first.
“So we can sit four times a year and if there’s any emergency, there will be emergency sitting. We can come to do a presidential bid on that basis and go back instead of sitting on a full-time basis.
“Not only the Senate and the House of Representatives, but all the legislative houses in Nigeria will be part-time.”
Senator Kalu who maintained that this would be part of austerity measures to reduce cost of governance, argued that regional government is another viable alternative.
Uzor said, “If we’re going for regional government, it also means that the ministers, the legislators, will be the same. I’ve been tinkering with the idea of how we can save money to run Nigeria because the country needs money.
"I will encourage the President, the National Assembly to make these kind of laws. This will help him, and this will help the system, and this will help everybody."
Senator Orji who explained that contrary to misconceptions among Nigerians, Seenators are not paid enough, said, “But I want Nigerians and my colleagues to do a quick constitutional amendment so we can go and be a part-time sitting Senate and part-time sitting House of Representatives, and other 36 state houses of assembly in Nigeria.
“That will bring trust and relief to the Nigerian people."
No comments:
Post a Comment