Members of the House of Representatives have descended on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan for opposing the call of the southern governors for restructuring and true federalism.
They said that Lawan through his utterances has shown biases, technically killing the constitutional review committee.
It will be recalled that the Senate President had while granting an interview to State House Correspondents on Thursday after observing the Eid prayers alongside President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the Presidential Villa, Abuja vented his opposition to the restructuring call.
Speaking exclusively to Saturday Vanguard on the matter, some members of the House however exonerated Gbajabiamila from the opposition.
The lawmakers included Hon. Sergius Ogun, representing Esan North East/ South East Federal Constituency of Edo State; Hon. Kingsley Chinda, representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency of Rivers State and Hon. Bede Eke, representing Abor Mbaise and Ngor Okpala federal constituency of Imo State.
The parliamentarians insisted on restructuring, saying it was long overdue in Nigeria.
President of the senate has technically killed the constitution review committee- Hon. Sergius Ogun
“The Honourable speaker, HOR, is not opposed to the southern governor’s call for restructuring. If he is let him go to Lagos and say it. The senate president says the state governors should go and restructure their states, my governor the Edo state governor Mr Godwin Obaseki is restructuring our state and he doesn’t need the permission of the president of the country or that of the senate to do that.
“That is why some of us are asking for devolution of power, how will the man from Yobe know what’s happening in Edo or Bayelsa? It’s better for the man that has the mandate of the people to be given the resources to deliver the dividends of democracy to the mandate givers.
“The president of the senate who’s the chairman of the National Assembly has technically killed the constitution review committee as he showed his bias through his verbal deluge.
Gbajabiamila supports restructuring-Hon. Kingsley Chinda
“You cannot continue to do the same thing the same way and expect a different result. Perhaps, they will also tell Nigerians that they are satisfied with the state of the country.
“As public office holders, we tend to forget that there is life after office and that Nigeria is bigger and more important than any individual or group of citizens.