Utomi said, “Late Honourable Ghali Umar Na’Abba represents all Nigerians at the season at which we have an independent legislature that government policy could be aligned to service to the people.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
A former presidential candidate, Prof Pat Utomi, has described Nigeria’s legislature as “rubber stamp,” noting that the lawmakers were watching the country drift aimlessly.
The professor of political economy made the statement shortly after visiting the family of the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives Assembly, Ghali Umar Na’Abba.
He disclosed that he was in Kano to condole with the family and to share with them and other well-meaning Nigerians.
Utomi said, “Late Honourable Ghali Umar Na’Abba represents all Nigerians at the season at which we have an independent legislature that government policy could be aligned to service to the people.
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“Today we don’t have a legislature. I can say that without even batting an eyelid. We have a rubber-stamp legislature that is watching the country drift aimlessly and is not offering options. Honourable Ghali Na’Abba did offer that when he was the Speaker of the National Assembly.
“We collaborated with him back in those days from civil society, from direct action, we stood by him to ensure that we have a working system. Many years afterwards as we saw the drift, we thought that we needed to create a different way to save the country.”
He said all true nationalists desired to lift the spirit of the late Na’Abba and make it part of the rallying point for rebuilding Nigeria for the good of all.
