Sowore Says He Will Scrap Senate, Reps If He Becomes Nigeria President

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has said he will scrap Nigeria’s bi-cameral legislative system if he emerges the president of the country in 2023.

Pulse NG reported that he stated this on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, while speaking at ‘The Roundtable’ organised by Punch Newspapers.

Sowore argued that Nigeria currently runs a democratic system that is too expensive for the country.

As a way of cutting costs, the AAC presidential candidate said he would push for the scrapping of either the Senate or the House of Representatives so Nigeria can run a unicameral legislative system.

He said, “It is my legislative agenda and transformation agenda to cut down the cost of business and that the Nigeria Senate or the House of Representatives (will be scrapped); we do not need a bicameral legislative system because it is too expensive.

“And as I was dropping that joint, our President, Muhammadu Buhari, claimed that our legislators added some trillions, I’m not sure about the exact figure, but they padded the budget.

“I then said to myself and according to advice from other people that have listened to this brilliant idea, maybe not the Senate should be cut off but the House of Reps. We should be able to do ok with just the Senate, with 107 members. They can adequately represent the constituencies in Nigeria and check the government.”