Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said he did not call for the scrapping of the Nigerian Senate
He was reported to have made the call during the zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly in Akure.
He was represented on the occasion by his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa at the House of Representatives public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution.
Akeredolu, in a statement by his Commissioner of Information, Mr Donald Ojogo, described the report quoting him to have called for the scrapping of the Senate as an “interpretative error.”
He said he had, like many other well-meaning Nigerians, identified Nigeria’s bicameral legislature and its full-time status as plausibly reducible weights to cut cost.
He said: “Succinctly, Governor Akeredolu’s view, which is the official position of the Ondo State Government is that, adoption of the Unicameral Legislature, and making it part-time would not only cut cost of governance but also has the potential of enhanced performance and altruistic services to Nigerians.
“Therefore, ascribing or misinterpreting this proposal to isolatedly, depict a call for the scrapping of the Nigerian Senate is erroneous. The call for a part-time Unicameral Federal Parliament remains and shall be pursued with all vigour.”
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