The 9th National Assembly has been labeled a rubber-stamped parliament.
This is according to Senator Binos Yeroe, the lawmaker representing who representing Adawama South Senatorial District.
Yeroe said this while speaking at the valedictory session of the 9th Senate on Saturday, saying he agrees with those who criticise the 9th Assembly as a rubber stamp of the executive were right.
The lawmaker cited said the manner the N22.7 trillion CBN Ways and Means Advances to the Federation was swiftly approved by the National Assembly as a justification of the rubber stamp label.
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Yeroe said, “I agree with those who say the ninth Senate is rubberstamp. Furthermore, the suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and subjecting him to investigation is a mild indictment of the National Assembly.
“This is so because if we had done our oversight duties properly, we would not have gotten to this level.
“I hope the 10th Senate will take its job as the watchdog of the executive more seriously.”
Meanwhile, Senator Uba Sani (APC, Kaduna), the new Governor of Kaduna State, disagreed with Yeroe, saying people were wrong to tag the National Assembly as rubber stamp parliament.
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Daily Report Nigeria recalls that Godwin Emefiele was suspended as Governor of the Central Bank by President Bola Tinubu on Friday.
In the letter that emanated from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Tinubu ordered for Emefiele to hand over affairs of the CBN to the Deputy Director pending the outcome of ongoing investigations.
Emefiele was subsequently arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and is under investigation.
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