By Eche Nwaobasi
Sir Silas Ikeh, an Igbo statesman, Friday, called for the proscription of Nigeria’s current structures of national and state assemblies.
In his view, funds in operating Houses of lawmakers ‘are all wastes as their performances have not impacted positively on Nigeria developments’.
“Huge funds being spent on these assemblies should be channelled to youth development,” he said.
Ikeh spoke with newsmen in Awka on Friday. He suggested the adoption of a unicameral legislative assembly ‘where such assemblies should be made to be sitting every six months with members not receiving salaries, but sitting allowances’.
He advised federal and state governments to use such resources to establish viable industries that have the capacity to employ youths in every state of the country while states do the same in every local government.
He admonished various local governments to do the same by establishing low scale industries in every town to create employment for youths.
According to him, “The problem of this country is hinged on youths’ unemployment. If every youth is properly engaged, they won’t have time to engage in evil which is having adverse effects on the country.
“The humongous money budgeted to the National Assembly has no positive impacts on the people. I am calling for an end to this worthless spending.”
On the recent intervention of the military in many African countries, he blamed it on misgovernance of ‘our present African rulers’. He disagreed on the use of force by Ecowas heads of state to stop the trend, but suggested diplomacy and negotiation as the better option.
