Senate President Ahmad Lawan has asked Nigerians to stop blaming lawmakers for the national assembly leaky roof.
Many Nigerians had described the incident as a national embarassment after photos and videos of the flooded national assembly went viral on social media on Tuesday June 22.
Deputy Whip of the Senate, Senator Sabi Abdullahi who raised a point on order on Tuesday June 23, said reports about the leaky roof breached the privilege of the lawmakers and were done to denigrate their integrity.
Noting that the N37 billion earmarked for the renovation of the National Assembly complex in the 2020 budget was slashed to N9 billion in the revised one, Abdullahi stated that the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) was in charge of the maintenance of the complex and not the lawmakers against the belief of many Nigerians. He also disclosed that up till now, nothing has been done.