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The national
chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Dan Nwanyanwu said on Sunday that
the party will head for court to challenge the proposed bill making
members of the National Assembly members of the national executive
committee (NEC), once it is passed into law.

Speaking with
journalists in Abuja, Mr Nwanyanwu said the party has already contacted
its lawyers to seek redress in court and that the court processes are
being drafted.”We will challenge in court , we can’t afford to fold our
hands and see this bill passed into law,these lawmakers are just
arrogant , they only want to allocate more powers to themselves.” he
said.

The LP boss
wondered why the federal lawmakers are desperate in processing
legislation that is self-serving and that will not stand the test of
time.Mr Nwanyanwu said, “You will recall we told them and drew their
attention to the fact that for any act of the National Assembly to
become law must have presidential assent, including alterations and
amendments to the Nigerian Constitution, they said no, but they now
know better, the court nullify their position. Though they have
appealed but they won’t go far. “This present NASS is the worst ever,
what baffles us most is that the NASS is headed by a highly experienced
and successful military general who has served this country in
different capacities, as a military man, even as a minister. For all
these illegalities to happen under his nose is most unfortunate.
Probably it is so because of the way and manner they all got elected.

“We can forgive
Bankole as the Speaker, who is a young man who just came back from
abroad without any work experience in Nigeria, but suddenly found
himself in a position of the speaker. The man that should have guided
him and give him direction is also involved in all these.”

Beyond comparison

He said the
present crop of federal legislators cannot be compared to those of the
Second Republic. According to him, Abraham Adesanya,Wali, Nathaniel
Anah, Basil Okwu, David Dafinone, Olusola Saraki, John Wash Pam and
others were great senators who had the interest of the country at heart
unlike the current ones.

Mr Nwayanwu,
however, said it is not too late for the lawmakers to withdraw the
bill, saying, “It is not too late for the present NASS leadership to
retrace their steps and do the right thing, which is the most
honourable thing for them because this path they are towing will put
them on the wrong side of history.”