Nigerian Govt should make Senate part-time work – Ndume

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has called on the Nigerian government to make the Senate a part time work, where lawmakers only get paid when they have a sitting at the plenary or committee level.

Ndume made this call on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Trust TV.

According to him, the Senate and the entire legislators do not go to office on a daily basis, but only during plenary sessions and at the various committee levels.

He said, “To me, I said it, what are we doing? We have been on recess for several times. Let us be paid by sitting. If you sit, you get paid. If you are not sitting, you are not paid.

“And to me, we can even make the National Assembly to work part time. On Wednesday, we all assembled for an emergency meeting for this year; important national issues, that is the state policing even though I have reservations as to the speed and the way they are doing it.

“Senate is a committee of elders. You just don’t come one day, sit down because the President wants state police, you just pass it overnight.

“You are supposed to sit down, deliberate on it and get the input. We have passed the bill. Has the state police taken off today?”