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The gamut of legislative enterprise like any other vocational endeavour resonates with the biblical wisecrack that says “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be”.
Nigeria’s chequered legislative history has been anything but reflective of the watchdog portraiture it is instituted to depict. This is largely due to the ascendancy of political corruption in the system.
We can begin to dissect the minds of our legislators from the Panama Paper muckraking. The fact that the National Assembly has not deemed it fit to issue any statement on the purported involvement of the Senate President Bukola Saraki is unfortunate. This throws up a distraught public reaction to the executive.
The directive issued by the Senate barring members from issuing public statements except through committee chairmen may further cast a slur on the transparency quotient of the National Assembly.
An assembly that thrives on translucent pedigree by holding the legislature and the judiciary accountable through legislative and judicial surveillance.
Change cannot be accomplished by the executive alone leaving lawmakers, judges and lawyers in the cesspit of the old order.
Bukola Ajisola,
Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island,
Lagos State, bukymany@yahoo.com,
+2348035026
Source: Punch News
