The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has challenged Nigerians who are not happy with the current crop of senators in the red chambers to vote them out in 2023 instead of calling for the Senate to be scrapped.
Speaking during a retreat for top management staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission in Abuja, Lawan said there could be anarchy if the Senate is scrapped as being clamoured by some Nigerians.
Lawan who described the Senate as a leveller which ensured that all parts of the country are equally represented, noted that the red chamber is unlike the House of Representatives where states with higher populations produce the highest number of lawmakers.
He also spoke against the trend of Nigerians clamouring against the perceived jumbo pay being earned by the senators, stressing that the annual budget of the National Assembly is less than one per cent of the nation’s 2021 budget.
