Denis Idahosa, a member of parliament for Edo State’s Ovia Federal Constituency, has advocated for the Nigerian Senate to be abolished.
To cut costs, the member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) suggested creating a unicameral legislature.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the legislator made the decision.
If the nation was truly concerned about reducing the expense of governance, according to Idahosa, the Senate should relent.
The APC leader maintains that the Red Chamber should be eliminated because the Green Chamber handles the majority of the legislative tasks.
Idahosa emphasised the nation’s finite resources to Nigerians and the government.
The Edo lawmaker added that it is not ““a smart thing” to have two arms in the National Assembly.
“If we are going to cut our spending, I think one of the houses should be scrapped, which I suggest should be Senate.
“We only sit three times in a week. We are being paid salaries to work for Nigerians; we can extend the three days to five days, while we have one house taking care of both jobs.
“So I think to reduce the unnecessary spending that we are actually involved in, the best thing to do is to reduce it to one for more accountability”, he said.
