In 1999,Nigeria embraced the USA Presidential system of government with a bicameral legislature.The Senate and House of Representatives..The Senate is made up 106 Senators (Three from Each of the 36 States and one from the FCT).The House of Representatives comprises of 360 members depending on the number of Federal constituencies. A State like Kano due to its population has the highest number of House of Representative members in the country.Many have viewed the two Chambers as a waste of resources since they practically do the same job.So much money is also budgeted yearly to maintain the National Assembly members with their large number of aides. Infact,it has been established that about 14% of the National budget goes to service members of the National Assembly alone.Several Nigerians like former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lambasted the large sum used to maintain the Legislators.So many of them don't even come for plenary.Some have been categorized as absentee members,while several have not made any meaningful contribution to debates or even sponsored a bill since they were elected.The worst scenario is the fact that most of them have not attracted any single constituency projects to the constituencies.Meanwhile,Nigerians don't even know how much they earn.The question we are asking then,do you support the agitation for a single Parliament..If you were to choose,between the Senate and House of Representatives,which should be scrapped and which should be retained,or do you think the work of the Legislator should be a part time job?..
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it is completely usless and uncalled for to have the senate and house of reps...in both house there are similar comitees all doing the same thin and most of them don't even knw a shit of what dey are surposed to do....i say pls scrap d house of reps becos they r too much and not doing much but fight and enough corruption scandals
ReplyDeleteHouse of Reps should go right away
ReplyDeleteYea u'r ryt house ov reps shld go right away
ReplyDeleteIndeed i advocate for unicameral parliament hoping dat house of reps be scraped
ReplyDeleteWe don't need House of Representa-THIEVES
ReplyDeleteSenate is good enough
ReplyDeleteSupported that house of rep should go cos they are of no use.
ReplyDeleteSenators should go. The are very few but loot more. Then the number of reps should be scale down drastically
ReplyDeleteSupported that house of rep should go cos they are of no use.
ReplyDeleteNow d yes av it5 house of reps shd go!
ReplyDeleteI support the last commenter who says senate should go while the number of personnel in the house of reps be trim down to reduce cost. If non of this is to happen, their allowances, and aids should be seriously cut down. It is quite unfortunate that we are having selfish law makers who never care about the welfare of their citizens but only interested in their own pocket.
ReplyDeleteHouse of rep shuld b totaly removd and d sanors salary nd alowancies shuld also b reduced by 30%
ReplyDeleteSenate should d little meaningful progress we've witness in d NASS is been done by d Reps like Petroleum saga, bills sponsoring, constitutional ammendment,budget review etc. D Senators are just there to loot d treasury. They should GO
ReplyDeleteBicamera legislature is good but House of rep and their aids shd be reduced, senators` take home and allowances aslo shd be reduce by 40%
ReplyDeleteThe House of Reps should go NOW!
ReplyDeleteThe senate shld be scraped out for d she reps 2 stay while there responsibility shld be modify.
ReplyDeleteDo u think all these comment mean anything to them. Tell me what they are debating upuon throughout the year, is it how to order for gloves to punch themselves. Very soon they wll go on break.As for me let's retain the senate as they are a bit mature and on part time basis.
ReplyDeleteI tink d house of rep should go while d senat remain,so dat d expenses wil be lesser n also mak a great sceming among d senat 2 ensure dat dose dat are dere are qualify 2 fit in job n also look into d salary aspest of d senat 2 mak sure dat dey earn according 2 what dey work in d house 2 avoid excess spending in d coutry
ReplyDeleteHow many laws have they passed in relation to the amount they are collecting
ReplyDeleteSenet shoud go cod the support corruption
ReplyDeleteHouse of rep should be scraped
ReplyDeleteHouse of children aka house of fighters aka house of thieves which is equal to house of reps. ....out with them! without blinking an eye.
ReplyDeleteBoth of dem re law maker. If I may ask wht is d diff?
ReplyDeleteI support bicameral legislature bcus it has 2 ceck d dictatorial tendencies of d president. But what I don't support is d fact that the house of rep nd senate are not true representative of the people, instead they re a means of living in Nigeria. Both of them shldnt be cut down but we must drastically reduce so that more of their money earned will be put in constituency projects.
ReplyDeleteSenate should therefore be scrapped by virtue of its lesser necessity
ReplyDeleteScrapp h0use 0f Reps
ReplyDeletePresidential system is expensive..let's go back to the British Parliamentary system..Just one House of Parliament
ReplyDeleteLet's scrap the Senate,they hardly fight..let's enlarge the ring for the House of Fighters called Reps..All thoe in support say iiiiiiiiiii
ReplyDeleteThe House of Reps members are mostly thugs..let's scrap it..OGK
ReplyDeleteWhat are they really doing in d house of reps? if fed govt wants 2 retain the house, their allowances or "take home" shld b equal 2 dat of d average policeman.
ReplyDeleteNigeria ws havin money more than enough and dat made it to embrace the USA system of presidential govt by creating bicameral legislature. The members hv been questionable since its existence. They hv nothing to deliver. It shld be scrapped wi/out looking back.
ReplyDeletePls are u just kidding. Or any rastick measure to be done. We need unicameral legistrature. Reps shld go. Can we start campaigning for this. Atleast our constituency money d used to steal can be used to pay lecturers Α̲̅πϑ civil servants.
ReplyDeleteHouse of reps.should be scraped off wf immediate effect,I rest my case
ReplyDeletePls the fed govt should as a matter of urgency scrap this thing "house of rep" they have no job at all but to fight each other when the money is not shared equally.
ReplyDeleteHouse of reps is occupied by touts and rascals, besides huge resources of the nation that can be used to achieve meaningful development is spent on them without nothing to show for it.
ReplyDeleteReps should be scraped and the allowances of senate reduced by 60%