Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu has called for a review of the membership status of federal lawmakers.
He said this on Tuesday at the south-west zonal public hearing on constitution review, organised by the house of representatives special committee, in Akure.
The governor, represented by Lucky Aiyedatiwa, his deputy, said the country should consider scrapping the senate and adopting unicameral legislature.
He also said each zone should have an equal number of four representatives at the house of representatives.
Akeredolu said that the membership of the assembly should be part-time. No member should earn allowances not known to the revenue mobilisation and allocation committee, and the people they claim to serve.
He said that Legislators should earn under a uniform salary structure while allowance peculiarities must not be about obscenity and that the senate should be scrapped.
Akeredolu also said the house of representatives too should not be unwieldy. A maximum of four representatives should come from each zone.
Akeredolu also called for fairness
in the ongoing review, saying nobody must be shut out and all must be treated equally. All decisions must be anchored on the principles of equity and justice.
He also noted that Ministries, departments and agencies must be pruned to reflect the socio-economic realities of the moment.
He said that the government at the centre must divest itself of this self-inflicted heavy burden, for effective and impactful performance.
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