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Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, has said President Muhammadu Buhari can’t question the role of the National Assembly in Nigeria.
He made this known while reacting to the president’s comment that some lawmakers have been in the National Assembly for years doing nothing.
Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, Namdas said questioning the role of the parliament would jeopardize democracy in Nigeria.
He said: “We believe that the president can hold an opinion as regards to the performance of individual members of the national assembly.
“In fact, our constituents have been doing just that, members of the national assembly have been replaced by their constituents as a result of such opinions.
“However, we want to believe that the president was not questioning the role of the national assembly as an institution of democracy because that will be a worrying sign.
“Our democracy will be in peril if he does that, but we believe he was not referring to that.”