The Seventh Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Thursday ended its tenure with a valedictory session witnessed by past leaders of the institution.

In his closing speech, Senate President David Mark congratulated his colleagues for a successful session reeling out bills initiated by the lawmakers which eventually became laws after assent by the executive.

Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba said the Seventh Senate considered and passed 123 out of the 591 bills introduced to the upper chamber in the last four years while the rest were in different stages of legislative processes.

A last minute effort to veto the non-assent of the fourth amendment of the 1999 Constitution hit a brick-wall and was stepped down by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba.

Most senators that spoke praised the seventh National Assembly for stabilizing Nigeria's democracy and challenging executive excesses.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/06/nigerias-seventh-senate-ends-passes-123.html

They ve tried..their promised jeeps nko?

I'm not commenting

e remain small make dem add 4 join. . . . . . . .

What Value does our expensive democrarcy add to our national life?
What remarakable addition has the Senate and the lower house added to our democracy in the past 16 years?
Why do we have to pay over 25% of our nation FG budget to few people who add nothing to our national life?
Why should being a senator or HOR be a permanent jobs? How do you expect non-technocrats and career politicians to make impacting laws?
Corruption thrives in the current set-up and this democratic structure is wrong

Assuming, we operated a regional system of government where reps would have to be sponsored from their various regions to the centre....... Do you think we would have these number of sentors and HOR members?
Do you think a state that struggles to generate income for local salaries will afford to send 3 senators and 6 HOR members to the centre?

Nigerians want miracles .... but a little thought to the process reveals an endemic faultline that can only be resolved through re-structuring vis-a-vis Fiscal federalism/ Regional Governance