Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called on Nigerians to demand better representation from all elected officials and not the President alone.
Saraki urged citizens to watch and seek feedback from their elected representatives, specifically mentioning legislators.
He said if citizens demand legislative records, the National Assembly will be better because the lawmakers will be on their toes.
In an interview with Vanguard, the ex-governor of Kwara State lamented that some lawmakers do not contribute anything to debates at plenary in the National Assembly, yet they win elections every four years.
“The biggest reform that would improve the National Assembly will cost nothing for the Government.
“Citizens are the ones who watch, ask questions and vote on legislative records — not just presidential personalities.
“You see legislators who keep winning elections, and for four years they have not even raised their hand to speak. But it’s a win all the same. “Those people are active because they cannot do what you want when they return to their constituencies, they do not win,” he said.
Saraki was also said to have called for electoral reforms to ensure that the right people are elected which in turn helps to build a strong institution.
“The foundation is weak until we have a process that guarantees the right people are elected.
“If there’s one single thing we take away from here, it’s that we have to go back and make sure we have a process where the right people are elected,” he added.
