The Senate has dismissed the insinuations that the National Assembly has become a mere rubber-stamping institution to the executive arm of government, saying it needed not to be combative to demonstrate its independence.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, stated this at the weekend in his country home, Ilawe Ekiti, during an interactive session with newsmen.
He said that the upper chamber has done nothing to warrant being labeled a rubber-stamping institution.
The Senator representing Ekiti South senatorial districts said that the mission of the current National Assembly is to be partners in progress with the other arms of government and to make good laws.
“What is the meaning of being a rubber stamp? Does it mean if the Executive organ brings an appropriation bill, because we don’t want to be called a rubber stamp, we should oppose it and…
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