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From Jonas Ike, Abuja
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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon.Ghali Na’Abba has called on the lawmakers in the green chamber of the parliament to stop oversight visitation of Ministries Departments and Agencies MDAs they oversight.
Na’Abba who spoke during the inauguration of the 104 Standing Committees of the House and five special committees by the Speaker Hon. Femi Gbajabimilla said that something is wrong when the lawmakers visit MDAs they oversight.
He told the lawmakers that the legislature is a unique institution and added that as a former presiding officer of the parliament he is embarrassed seeing lawmaker visiting parastatals and ministries of government.
He also said that the various committees of the parliament the world over is the engine which drives its lawmaking functions.
The Kano born ex-lawmaker said that Nigeria is presently facing numerous security challenges more than any other time in history and called for strengthening of the House Committees
He therefore called on the incumbent House Speaker Hon. Gbajabimilla to use his intellectual endowment to move the entire country forward and not only the South-West where he hails from.