Against the growing calls and agitation for scrapping of the Senate due to what most Nigerians regard as unnecessary jumbo pay, Ahmad Lawan president of the Senate has warned that there could be anarchy if the upper chamberis scrapped as being clamored. .
Rather, Lawan challenged those who are not comfortable with the senators in the current 9th Senate to vote them out in 2023 if they don’t like their faces.
He stated this on Friday while declaring open, a retreat for top management staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission in Abuja.
The Senate president described the red legislative chamber as a leveler which ensured that all parts of the country are equally represented unlike the House of Representatives where states with higher populations produce the highest number of lawmakers.
The Senate President also faulted the argument of those clamouring for the scrapping of the Senate because of the perceived jumbo pay being earned by the senators.
He said the annual budget of the National Assembly is less than one per cent of the nation’s 2021 budget.