By Soni Daniel Abuja - A former member of the Federal
House of Representatives, Chief U.S.A Igwesi has decried the move by the
8th National Assembly to confer immunity on the Presiding Officers of
the National Assembly, describing it as an abuse of legislative
privileges and self- serving. Chief Igwesi, who was a member of the 5th
National Assembly, observed that such a move would harm the already weak
national economy and impoverish the people.
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By Soni Daniel
Abuja – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Chief
U.S.A Igwesi has decried the move by the 8th National Assembly to confer
immunity on the Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, describing
it as an abuse of legislative privileges and self- serving.
Chief Igwesi, who was a member of the 5th National Assembly, observed
that such a move would harm the already weak national economy and
impoverish the people.
Igwese, who made his position known in an interview with Vanguard in
Abuja, also opposed the move by NASS to give life pension to its
presiding officers, saying that such a move was counterproductive and
incongruent with the existing legal framework.
The former leader of Enugu State House of Assembly noted that it
conferring such strange and selfish benefits on the principal officers
of the NASS would amount to shifting the goal post in the middle of the
game and a confirmation of Nigerians’ suspicion that the lawmakers were
out to protect themselves against misdeeds.
The former lawmaker however called for a political solution to the
forgery case against the Senate President and his deputy, arguing that
allowing full blown legal determination of the case might adversely
affect the cordial relationship between the National Assembly and the
Presidency.
He observed that a developing country like Nigeria should be able to
develop a political culture of tolerance and forgiveness to advance her
growth in search for full democratic values and shape and that immunity
clause should be allowed to function as captured in the constitution.
On the issue of life pensions for the presiding officers of the National
assembly, Chief Igwesi warned that concentration of the common wealth
of the country in the hands of few privileged people would not only
destroy our nascent democracy but would equally widen the gap between
the rich and poor, thereby promoting youth restiveness and crime.
He also opposed the approval of life pension for presiding officers of
the NASS, arguing that it would amount to surplus and unreasonable pay
former governors who are already enjoying lavish pensions at the expense
of impoverished pensioners and workers.
It will be recalled that the issues of life pension and immunity for the
principal officers of the NASS have been virtually adopted by the two
chambers of the NASS despite a stout disapproval by most members, a
development that led to a brawl on the floor recently.
By Soni Daniel
Abuja – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Chief
U.S.A Igwesi has decried the move by the 8th National Assembly to confer
immunity on the Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, describing
it as an abuse of legislative privileges and self- serving.
Chief Igwesi, who was a member of the 5th National Assembly, observed
that such a move would harm the already weak national economy and
impoverish the people.
Igwese, who made his position known in an interview with Vanguard in
Abuja, also opposed the move by NASS to give life pension to its
presiding officers, saying that such a move was counterproductive and
incongruent with the existing legal framework.
The former leader of Enugu State House of Assembly noted that it
conferring such strange and selfish benefits on the principal officers
of the NASS would amount to shifting the goal post in the middle of the
game and a confirmation of Nigerians’ suspicion that the lawmakers were
out to protect themselves against misdeeds.
The former lawmaker however called for a political solution to the
forgery case against the Senate President and his deputy, arguing that
allowing full blown legal determination of the case might adversely
affect the cordial relationship between the National Assembly and the
Presidency.
He observed that a developing country like Nigeria should be able to
develop a political culture of tolerance and forgiveness to advance her
growth in search for full democratic values and shape and that immunity
clause should be allowed to function as captured in the constitution.
On the issue of life pensions for the presiding officers of the National
assembly, Chief Igwesi warned that concentration of the common wealth
of the country in the hands of few privileged people would not only
destroy our nascent democracy but would equally widen the gap between
the rich and poor, thereby promoting youth restiveness and crime.
He also opposed the approval of life pension for presiding officers of
the NASS, arguing that it would amount to surplus and unreasonable pay
former governors who are already enjoying lavish pensions at the expense
of impoverished pensioners and workers.
It will be recalled that the issues of life pension and immunity for the
principal officers of the NASS have been virtually adopted by the two
chambers of the NASS despite a stout disapproval by most members, a
development that led to a brawl on the floor recently.
By Soni Daniel
Abuja – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Chief
U.S.A Igwesi has decried the move by the 8th National Assembly to confer
immunity on the Presiding Officers of the National Assembly, describing
it as an abuse of legislative privileges and self- serving.
Chief Igwesi, who was a member of the 5th National Assembly, observed
that such a move would harm the already weak national economy and
impoverish the people.
Igwese, who made his position known in an interview with Vanguard in
Abuja, also opposed the move by NASS to give life pension to its
presiding officers, saying that such a move was counterproductive and
incongruent with the existing legal framework.
The former leader of Enugu State House of Assembly noted that it
conferring such strange and selfish benefits on the principal officers
of the NASS would amount to shifting the goal post in the middle of the
game and a confirmation of Nigerians’ suspicion that the lawmakers were
out to protect themselves against misdeeds.
The former lawmaker however called for a political solution to the
forgery case against the Senate President and his deputy, arguing that
allowing full blown legal determination of the case might adversely
affect the cordial relationship between the National Assembly and the
Presidency.
He observed that a developing country like Nigeria should be able to
develop a political culture of tolerance and forgiveness to advance her
growth in search for full democratic values and shape and that immunity
clause should be allowed to function as captured in the constitution.
On the issue of life pensions for the presiding officers of the National
assembly, Chief Igwesi warned that concentration of the common wealth
of the country in the hands of few privileged people would not only
destroy our nascent democracy but would equally widen the gap between
the rich and poor, thereby promoting youth restiveness and crime.
He also opposed the approval of life pension for presiding officers of
the NASS, arguing that it would amount to surplus and unreasonable pay
former governors who are already enjoying lavish pensions at the expense
of impoverished pensioners and workers.
It will be recalled that the issues of life pension and immunity for the
principal officers of the NASS have been virtually adopted by the two
chambers of the NASS despite a stout disapproval by most members, a
development that led to a brawl on the floor recently.
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