Senate Spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has stated that the National Assembly has accepted its description as a rubber stamp of the executive.
Ajibola made this known in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday while reacting to claims that the legislature always does the bidding of the executive.

The Senate spokesman said if Nigerians consider making law for the progress of the country to be a rubber stamp, then it gladly accepts the label.



He stated that the National Assembly will not be an opposition to the executive, rather it will continue to do its constitutional duties of checks and balance.

Ajbola added that decision of the legislature on national issues is not partisan, saying that the lawmakers always take the masses into consideration during every motion and bill.

He said: “If making law for the progress of the country is considered to be a rubber stamp, then we agree that we are a rubber stamp national assembly.

“If the idea of seeing the national assembly as an opposition parliament is what some people expected, we are happy to disappoint such people. Our job is clearly cut out for us by section 4 of the constitution.

“The national assembly today is a bipartisan legislative assembly, whereby we have members from the ruling party (APC) and the PDP. Our decisions are taken not on the basis of partisan consideration but on the basis of the general consideration of the people.

“For those that see the national assembly as a fighting organisation. I think we are happy to disappoint them, we are a conglomerate of Nigerians elected to represent the Nigerian people for the purpose of lawmaking.”


Source: https:///We-are-Rubber-Stamp-National-Assembly-Senate-Spokesman

This country....

Everything on cruise...

no be only rubber na leather

Noted

Clearly they are.

Ahmed Lawan, is so useless.

We know already ... They're calling you a thief, yet you're caught playing with a kid goat.

maybe one day you will look back at your days at the NASS and hide your faces in shame.

Thanks for acknowledging that

How would these shameless idiots not rub it to our faces when all we do is sit by idle as a docile country? This is just to demonstrate the total disregard these imbeciles in the NASS-that is supposed to be the baston of democracy have towards the downtrodden masses of this failed nation they are supervising.

Robbers and Stamping on our progress

Useless mofos, if they call your mother stupid you will gladly accept it

The revolution that will hit this country in the future none of you this criminal will survive the onslaught maybe you late then of course your family member will pay the price.

"Lawmakers are elected to pad budgets" -Abiodun Olasupo(Chairman House of Representative Committee on Legislative Compliance). -
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/lawmakers-elected-pad-budgets/amp/

"We’re Rubber Stamp National Assembly" – Senator Ajibola Basiru(Senate Spokesman).

Same sophisticated people mortgaging this failed experiment of a country.

NASS is just a bunch of fixed equipment. Buhari just uses them at will and turn them off as desired. He just turned them off on electoral bill and NOBODY make fiam. Equipment do not challenge the owner.

This is a savage reply to wailing wailers. Case close!

Wailers: 9th NASS is a rubber stamp Assembly

9th NASS: Yes we agree......next

Me: It is finish

1564f:
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Abeg dear canceller,
Add ds mvmu above me to ur cancelling contract. 600 years no go bad at all.

AntiBMC:


Abeg dear canceller,
Add ds mvmu above me to ur cancelling contract. 600 years no go bad at all.

And you want to hard more to the guy's worries. Swear if you could be doing the cancellation

Don't be wicked

helinues:


And you want to hard more to the guy's worries. Swear if you could be doing the cancellation

Don't be wicked

Go and sit down...is the canceller complaining? He is able and capable of doing it and he has proved that. You of all people should know...
After all, ur own contract is everlasting

Aufbauh:
This is a savage reply to wailing wailers. Case close!

Wailers: 9th NASS is a rubber stamp Assembly

9th NASS: Yes we agree......next

Me: It is finish

strange human beings on this forum.

It's the usual IPOB clowns and PDP fanboys on this forum that expect the Senate and National assembly to be at logger heads with the Presidency to reinforce their sentiments of hate against Buhari.

This is why they loved Saraki.

ba7man:
It's the usual IPOB clowns and PDP fanboys on this forum that expect the Senate and National assembly to be at logger heads with the Presidency to reinforce their sentiments of hate against Buhari.

This is why they loved Saraki.

So Channels TV that interviewed him are also Igbos or PDP fanboys right? Make some of una no worry, e go clear las las

ba7man:
See?? People should check Nbotee's posts out to see his political leaning.

I've always wondered why some people feel the Senate and National assembly must always fight with the Presidency for them to be acceptable.

To what end?? Why??

Seriously when ppl talk about things getting beta in dis country I jus look at them and laugh becos so long as we continue to have ppl like U who would rather spurn up sentiments rather than speak the truth, Nigeria will continue to go in the same direction. The Senate every and anywhere is supposed to keep the Presidency in check. Can U in all honesty say this Senate have been doing that? A Senate dat cannot invite the President or Security Chiefs? A Senate that apologized to the President for inviting him??

Nbotee:


So Channels TV that interviewed him are also Igbos or PDP fanboys right? Make some of una no worry, e go clear las las

See?? People should check Nbotee's posts out to see his political leaning.

I've always wondered why some people feel the Senate and National assembly must always fight with the Presidency for them to be acceptable.

To what end?? Why??