Lawmakers pledge better representation

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A NEW revenue sharing formula that allocates more resources to the states has been canvassed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The party said the 36 states of the federation could only pay the new salary if they are empowered with more funds from the Federation Account. While describing the new wage as a time bomb, the party, through its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, feared that if not well managed, it could blow into “smithereens the existing industrial peace and harmony across the country and hurt the economy”.

TWO members of the National Assembly, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman and Johnson Akin-Adeoba, have assured that the new federal Legislature would offer quality representation through the making of pro-people laws.

Abatemi-Usman, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, said based on the antecedents of the new lawmakers, he was convinced that the seventh National Assembly would make a lot of difference.

To Akin-Adeoba who represents Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo and Odigbo Federal Constituency of Ondo State on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), the only thing his people deserve is vibrant representation in the Lower House.

At a thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ile-oluji, Akin-Adeoba said it would be a misadventure for him to be a bench-warmer in the House.

“Our representation would seek to empower economically. Women, youths, farmers and the handicapped will be adequately taken care of. There is nothing better than putting smiles on the faces of the people whose mandate one is exercising”, he said.

Abatemi-Usman said he believed that the duo of Senator David Mark and Aminu Tambuwal had what “it would take to lead the National Assembly to greater heights through the enactment of quality laws that will alleviate the suffering of the masses”.

 

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Lawmakers pledge better representation