The Senate has described the submission by a former national vice chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, as “meretricious”.
Lukman, a former member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), in a statement, on Tuesday, said the 10th National Assembly led by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajuddeen Abbas, has failed Nigerians.
But reacting to the claim in an exclusive chat with Daily Trust, the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), said Lukman has lost touch of developments at the National Assembly.
He said the legislative voice of the lawmakers that is deployed to advance the interest of the Nigerian masses, who brought them to the parliament would not be turned into “sordid cacophony to fight a ghost battle with other arms of Nigeria government.”
He said, “That’s a meretricious outburst. The voice of the National Assembly has always been on a very high pitch when issues of Nigerians are in discourse and in need of attention.
“Apart from our sacred constitutional duty of law making and sectoral oversight functions, we have put our hands on socio-economic and political issues as they affect the Nigeria citizens.
“Our voice was heard on labour issues. We were the first to put the Nigerian security agencies to task and save for selective security punches lately from the unscrupulous elements, there has been a noticeable improvement.
“The National Assembly has always been a loud voice, legislating and advocating for popular national benefits. Some irreverent political pontifs expect the National Assembly to call the executive to duels, before they can give kudos to legislators.”
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