{"id":329364,"date":"2024-07-02T14:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=329364"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:20:25","slug":"current-national-assembly-destroying-nigerias-democracy-members-now-tinubus-puppets-apc-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/07\/02\/current-national-assembly-destroying-nigerias-democracy-members-now-tinubus-puppets-apc-chieftain\/","title":{"rendered":"Current National Assembly destroying Nigeria&#8217;s democracy, members now Tinubu\u2019s puppets \u2013 APC chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He said the current National Assembly has willingly submitted itself to the whims and caprices of the executive arm of government<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, says one of the core components of democracy, which is separation of power, has been abused, bastardised and jettisoned by the current federal legislature.<\/p>\n<p>He said the current National Assembly has willingly submitted itself to the whims and caprices of the executive arm of government led by president Bola Tinubu, who he said is doing a terrible job managing the affairs of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Lukman, in a statement issued Tuesday, said serving senators and members of the house of assembly are not representing the interests of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that part of the challenge of the country\u2019s democracy is that the two chambers of the National Assembly are only accountable to themselves and not to the people.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the Public Accounts Committees in both chambers are expected to oversight management of funds allocated to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The former APC chieftain explained that somehow, these are issues that contribute to the current reality whereby the National Assembly, its leadership and members lost the moral authority to regulate the conduct of the executive arm of government.<\/p>\n<p>He said with that, they function practically at the mercy of the President and members of the executive arm, almost as if they are employees of the executive.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Using all these incentives, the President and members of the Executive arm seamlessly turned on the \u2018gaslight\u2019, which leaves members with no option but to believe and approve every proposal submitted even when they are injurious to public interests. 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