Omoyele Sowore, the organizer behind the RevoluntionNow movement, has advocated for the dissolution of the Nigerian senate.
He asserted that the Senate has morphed into a hub and retirement abode for dishonest and corrupt ex-governors. Sowore’s stance came in response to allegations that senators received N500 million each from the 2024 budget.
The revelation was made by Agom Jarigbe, the senator representing Cross River North, during a session discussing the purported padding of the 2024 budget.
Prior to this, Abdul Ningi, the senator from Bauchi Central, had accused that N3.7 trillion was added to the 2024 budget.
Posting on X, Sowore wrote: “It’s time we seriously move to abolish the bi-cameral legislative system, especially the @NGRSenate, which has always been a coven of thieves; it is the retirement home of chronic liars, never-do-wells, and corrupt former governors in Nigeria. We need a unicameral legislative arm with no more than 100 part-time lawmakers. #RevolutionNow.”
