The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has hit at members of the National Assembly saying they no longer perform their oversight responsibility.
The National Assembly’s core function of oversight is dead, he told an online TV station, Dan’Uwa Rano TV, in an interview.
The senator, who has been very critical of policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said it was wrong for the lawmakers to be giving automatic approvals to some of the policies of the current administration without thorough scrutiny.
Already, some analysts and critics have been describing the assembly’s new posture as that of a “rubber stamp”.
Ndume said, “There is no oversight at the National Assembly anymore. We are doing nothing. The way the National Assembly is functioning it amounts to nothing. I don’t know which is better between its existence and nonexistence. I am one of them.”
However, when asked if the National Assembly is Nigeria’s major obstacle, he said no, indicating that Nigerians as a whole share in the blame.
“Allah says He does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within them; meaning if the society is righteous, their leaders tend to be righteous. The poor has allowed his opportunity to wither away,” Ndume said.
