Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday said that Nigeria was not ripe for part-time legislators.
Tinubu, who represents Lagos Central
Senatorial District in the Senate, spoke with newsmen at the 11th town
hall meeting she organised to empower her constituents in Lagos.
She said that part-time legislating would be counter-productive, except the nation had a better constitution. “There is nothing wrong with part-time legislating if the entire system in Nigeria is working well.
“With the situation in the country,
the oversight function of the legislature has become so huge that
part-time meetings cannot handle it for now,’’ she said. According to her, a part-time
legislature is a very delicate issue for the country and there is the
need for Nigerians to be careful with the laws they intended to pass.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls
that delegates at the ongoing National Conference had proposed that
legislators in the Nigerian Parliament should function on part-time
basis to reduce the cost of governance. Earlier, while addressing members of her
constituency, Tinubu, said that there was hope that Nigeria would
overcome all odds and rise above its challenges.
The senator, however, said that efforts
must be geared toward addressing problems of education and healthcare,
among others, in the country.
She identified them as some of the underlying issues promoting insecurity in the country.
The senator said:“Our march towards the Nigeria of our dreams will be hindered if insecurity persists.
“I have tried to play my part by
channeling my legislative efforts, constituency empowerment initiatives
and infrastructure projects obtained through various committees toward
education, economic empowerment, poverty alleviation and rehabilitation
of those at the crossroads of life.’’
NAN reports that 15 physically
challenged persons received the sum of N100, 000 each as startup capital
for businesses under the Oluremi Tinubu Good Boys and Girls Empowerment
Scheme.
She also presented free forms to 220 beneficiaries aspiring to sit for the forthcoming GCE examinations.
The Secretary to the Lagos State
Government, Mrs Oluronti Adegbunle; a former Deputy Governor of the
state, Mr Femi Pedro and some chieftains of the All Progressives
Congress were among dignitaries at the event.
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