PIB PASSAGE: Northern senators, Reps had upper hand over southern lawmakers — Senator Tofowomo

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PIB PASSAGE: Northern senators, Reps had upper hand over southern lawmakers — Senator Tofowomo

Nicholas Tofowomo PIB PASSAGE: Northern senators, Reps had upper hand over southern lawmakers — Senator Tofowomo 

‘Why they are after Sunday Igboho’

By Dayo Johnson – Akure

Senator Nicholas Tofowomo represents Ondo South in the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He is the Vice-Chairman, Land Transport Committee of the Senate and member of the Niger Delta Development (NDDC) Committee. In this interview, the lawmaker speaks on national issues. Excerpts:

The country is facing security challenges. In your opinion, what’s the way forward?

The Federal Government must take full responsibility to reorganise all the 774 local governments to function and ensure that they get their allocations directly and to also partner state governments in reorganising the police to the level of meaningful funding and their infrastructure. Also, the National Assembly should support the establishment of state police. It is very important.

What is your take on the issue of secession?

I’m a Nigerian and I strongly believe in the unity of Nigeria but the…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper