The statement by President Goodluck Jonathan during his Media Chat on Sunday is causing a lot of stir in the House of Reps and the lawmakers are very angry. The House on Monday lambasted President Jonathan over his allegation that they have increasingly become dictatorial and politically driven in their activities.
House spokesman, Zakari Mohammed, described President Jonathan’s statement as “unfortunate”.
He said: “The office of Mr President is one we hold in high esteem but for him to address an arm of government the way he did was rather unfortunate. We in the 7th Assembly will not gloss over issues that have direct bearing on the welfare of Nigerians.
“And let me make it abundantly clear that we are not afraid of any name that we are being tagged for supporting Nigerians.
“For a leader to tag an arm of government that has immensely contributed to his political career in that derogatory manner was really uncalled for.”
Jonathan, during his periodic media chat held on Sunday, remarked that “There is more of politics than work in the House of Representatives.” He also warned that the country risks “parliamentary dictatorship”.
The president was reacting to the House of Representatives’ probes of the petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, over allegations of spending over N10billion on hiring private jet. And because of her relationship with Jonathan, he just can't see anything wrong with spending N10b on private jet.
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