Senate spokesperson Adaramodu has stated that the Senate has no position and just aggregates Nigerians’ opinions.
The Nigerian Senate has stated that the National Assembly will only approve the proposal for a single six-year term for the next president and governors if it is popular among Nigerians.
Senator Yemi Adaramodu, the Senate’s spokesperson, said this in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja.
Last week, 35 members of the House of Representatives, led by Reformed Legislators, introduced the idea, claiming it would assist to lower the expense of governance.
When asked about the situation, the Senate spokeswoman stated that the federal parliament will remain impartial. Adaramodu stated, “The Senate has no opinion.”
The Senate is simply a forum for Nigerians to voice their ideas. “So, when they come from towns, villages, hamlets, metropolitan, cosmopolitan regions and states that ‘this is what they want’ and we aggregate it, that’s where the Senate will go.”
Meanwhile, Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, has explained media reports about the Senate’s alleged plan to include a clause authorising the seizure of state and local council monies in the New Minimum Wage Bill submitted by the government.
In a statement released on Saturday, Adaramodu denied the report as baseless. He said that it would be incorrect to expect the Senate to take a stance on a bill that has not been presented to it for consideration.
He stated, “Mr. President’s nationwide broadcast on Democracy Day only notified Nigerians that the New Minimum Wage Bill would be sent to us shortly.
“No one among us, not even the Senate President, is aware of the contents of the Bill. “How can we take a position on a document we haven’t even seen?”
During my interaction with several journalists who approached him for an interview as part of activities commemorating the 10th National Assembly’s first anniversary, I made no mention of state and local government budgets being taken.
“Nigeria is a federation of autonomous sub-national administrations. The newspaper’s misleading headline claiming that funds to states and local governments will be confiscated is untrue and should be ignored.