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Nnamani to lawmakers: You have not yet learnt from the past

Kenechukwu Nnamani
Kenechukwu Nnamani

 

Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, has posited that the failure of lawmakers and representative members at the present 8th National Assembly to read and learn from past historical precursor of the arm of government is directly responsible for the present chaos in their handling of parliamentary issues.

Nnamani noted this, Monday while speaking at the public presentation of a book, entitled ‘Nigeria Fourth Republic National Assembly’ written by a renowned journalist, Dr Austin Uganwa, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.

While recalling issues that have recently put the 8th National Assembly in bad shape, Senator Nnamani pointed out that the legislature must, as the duty expected of them, stand for democratic governance for Nigerians, adding that the issue of party supremacy and individual interest should not create imbroglio, but differences should be worked on to enhance unity and cohesion.

”During our own time, we played it in a way of liking to put a part together for the prosperity, and to also lay a good foundation for our children and grand children coming to take our place. And this is also because very soon, some people will start denying their roles which is already happening, because of the implication on the national state.

”We also had a very serious challenge with the then president, yet we worked together as a team to set the tone going, so as to ensuring independence of the legislature, and on the continuation of giving good governance to the people. The current lawmakers should as well be able to practise some of thing that we did during our tenure, to avoid the problem of internal crisis,” he said.

”It is very evident that we could have been doing better than we are doing now. We should have prevented some of the things which have transpired in the years before, just as we also went through a major battle to establish political stability in the National Assembly”, he added.

The event hosted some more lawmakers and honourable members from 1999 to date, including Honourable Farouk Lawal, Senator Ita Enang and a host of others.

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