No Expenses To Cut Down, Senate Insists

Despite the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies, Nigerian Senators have ruled out the possibility of the National Assembly cutting down on expenses.

Addressing newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Monday, the  Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, argued that the National Assembly is not responsible for any economic hardship experienced in Nigeria.

Adaramodu identified what he described as many cogent roles, including committee works and oversight roles, played by lawmakers without any allowances attached, insisting that calls for them to cut down on expenses cannot be valid.

He made the remarks moments after the tribunal ruled in his favour, upholding the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart’s electoral victory against Senator Biodun Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).