Member, representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituency, Chris Azubogu has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can take over Anambra State if the opposition party does the right thing.
In this interview, the three-term federal lawmaker also decried the insecurity situation in the country and expressed the need for the National Assembly to come up with laws that would deal with the menace.
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The people are worried about the security situation in the country, what roles will the legislature be playing in the issue of security?
The general challenge of insecurity in the country have been and is at all time high, ranging from the Boko Haram issue, the herdsmen-farmers clash and terrorists everywhere; there is general insecurity from North to South. But the most pathetic one is the issue of herdsmen attack on civil populace. I can assure you that the National Assembly having been constituted ought to commence proper business. In fact, we have taken a couple of motions already and very soon, the relevant committees and people who are there, who are part of national security and intelligence would be involved in this. The Nigerian Police, Army, everybody would put hands on deck to ensure that the legislature does what is needed to be done because we have a primary role to play. Ours is to make laws for peace, order and good governance and if there is no peace, order in the society, then the legislative role is failing. So, we need to make sure that we support the executive to proffer solutions from legislative angle that would maintain peace, order and good governance. These are the things I can assure you because the primary duty of the government is to protect lives and property and where that is not done, it’s not only the executive that has failed, it’s the government that has failed and the legislature is part of it, the judiciary is part of it.