The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof. Taofeek Ibrahim has said the National Assembly shouldn’t be for jobless people who want to make money.

Ibrahim, who spoke during  the pre-7th convocation media briefing of the university, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Tuesday.

What he said:

• The National Assembly shouldn’t be for people without jobs.
• The Nigerian legislature should be on part-time basis.
• The country’s mismanagement is being caused by corruption.

He said, “I support that our National Assembly should be run on part-time basis. Members should come from their various private businesses or the public sector. It should not be for jobless people who want to make easy money out of government and governance.”

He added, “Whereas Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah built functional refineries before Ghana’s discovery of oil years after, Nigeria today, lacks efficient oil refinery. The exorbitant running of Nigeria’s government should not continue at the peril of its citizenry with massive poverty and the country’s underdevelopment.”

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