Vote us out if you’re tired of our faces, Lawan tells Nigerians

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has warned that there could be anarchy if the Senate is scrapped as being clamoured by some Nigerians.

Rather, he challenged those who are not comfortable with the senators in the current 9th Senate to vote them out in 2023 if they don’t like their faces.

obviously the honourable senator knows something we do not know. Lawan stated this on Friday while declaring open, a retreat for top management staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission in Abuja.

He described the Senate as a leveler which ensured that all parts of the country are equally represented unlike the House of Representatives where states with higher populations produce the highest number of lawmakers.

The Senate President also faulted the argument of those clamouring for the scrapping of the Senate because of the perceived jumbo pay being earned by the senators but failed to say if it was justified.

Analyst have continued to advocate for downsizing of government as one of the ways of salvaging the nations economy as it plummets into recession.

With Out of N13.08 trillion Nigeria’s 2021 budget, N512. 21 billion was allotted to health for over 200 million Nigerians while and 128 billion for the National Assembly of 469 lawmakers rasing more questions from stakeholders about the size of government.