9th Assembly is stooge of executive arm says activist
A political activist, Comrade Timi Frank has lambasted the ninth National Assembly for its poor performance in its constitutional role as a check and balance on the executive arm of government.
While describing the current legislature as stooge and extension of the executive arm of government, he said the legislators since the inception of the ninth Assembly have neglected their constitution responsibility.
The former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC), insisted that the National Assembly under Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has lost the bite expected of the parliament in checking the excesses of the Buhari presidency.
The Bayelsa born activist said attitude of the legislators came as little surprise to Nigerians because Lawan once told the nation that “any request President Buhari send to the National Assembly under him will be approved.”
In a tweet from his verified Twitter handle, @RealTimiFrank on Saturday, the political activist tweeted; “9th Assembly is Nigeria problem. They’re ‘Copy & Paste’, they’re worst than rubber stamp.
That’s why they cannot say ‘No’ to all the loan requests from @MBuhari. Becos they’re beneficiaries of the loans. They have 10% from all the loans. These people are worst than COVID-19.”
He described the 8th Assembly, under the leadership of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives as one that had the genuine qualities of true democrats with the interests of the people at heart who could confidently and boldly ask questions of the Buhari administration.
“Saraki and Dogara were leaders who had the interests of Nigerians unlike this bunch who are anti people and will approve any loan request from Buhari without considering the implications to the country.
“Now, Nigerians will see the true reasons why the Buhari administration never liked the 8th Assembly”, he posited.
Going further, he said “the 9th Assembly can best be described as “halleluyah boys” who will approve every request of the Buhari regime not minding if it is anti -people in as much as they are generously greased by the Presidency
“We have never seen the 9th Assembly deliberate any request for loan by the general Buhari presidency and have immediately gone ahead to approve every loan request without crosschecking to see if previous loans have been properly utilized for the purposes it was meant for.
What has been the concern of the 9th Assembly and her leadership is their own gains.
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“The legislators have turned themselves into Praise singers and copy and paste bunch of every request from the Executive arm. No wonder Nigeria is presently its present state.”
“The 9th Assembly and Buhari want to impoverish Nigerians with the loans it has obtained with nothing to show in its almost six years in office”.
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to hold their representatives accountable for their various roles they have all played by providing legislative cover for the President and his government.
“Hold your representatives accountable for they are responsible for the hunger and poverty Nigerians are currently witnessing”, Frank stated.
