The Senate spokesman, YEMI ADAREMODU, has revealed the scope of the demands imposed on legislators by their voters, including financial support requests for names of names and chamber projects.
The legislator revealed this while defending the current full -time structure of the National Assembly during an interview on the television of Canales on Friday.
Reacting to the calls for Nigeria to adopt a part -time parliamentary system, AdaModu warned that such a measure would threaten democratic governance in the country.
He argued that legislators are deeply integrated in the lives of their voters, often called to provide personal and community support.
“We are going home at almost and we are the ones who give birth to a new baby, ask for names of names. When they are building a new house, it is of us who ask for help.
“So, if Parliament was not there, who are we expecting our voters to run?” said.
The legislator of the Senatorial District of Ekiti South Senatory and a member of the Congress of the Progressive (APC) insisted that Nigeria's democracy would be at risk if the legislative arm was reduced to a part -time organism.
“A part -time parliament would mean a part -time democracy,” he said.
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Adamiodu said that the 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives perform more than only legislation tasks: they carry out supervision functions and advocate the needs of the people they represent.
“If Parliament is part -time, then it means that democracy is part -time. There is no democracy that ridden its parliament and prosper,” he said.
He added that among the three weapons of the government, the legislature is the most accessible to people.
“Parliament is not just sitting in the plenary and making laws alone. And when we make laws, we follow it.”
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