Former Senate President Bukola Saraki says a legislature that cannot challenge or reject the executive is of no relevance. He makes the comments on Friday during the June 12, 2026 edition of “The Platform,” which airs on Channels Television. Saraki argues that the legislature’s constitutional role includes scrutinizing executive proposals rather than simply receiving them, approving them without examination, and adjourning. In his view, an independent National Assembly is not an act of rebellion against the government in power, but a necessary mechanism for testing and validating governance. He adds that when a legislature does not exercise independence, it weakens the government’s legitimacy because a mandate that is never reviewed and tested cannot be trusted. Saraki also frames parliament as a forum where a divided country can debate issues constructively, regardless of political or regional differences.
Saraki says legislature must scrutinize executive or be irrelevant
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki says a legislature that cannot challenge or reject the executive is of no relevance. He makes the comments on Friday during the June 12, 2026 edition of “The Plat...
- Bukola Saraki says a legislature that cannot say “no” to the executive is of no relevance.
- He argues the legislature should scrutinize executive proposals rather than approve them automatically.
- Saraki says an independent National Assembly is not rebellion against the government of the day.
- He links legislative independence to the legitimacy of government and the public’s trust in mandates.
- Saraki made the remarks on the June 12, 2026 episode of “The Platform” on Channels Television.
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that any legislature that cannot say no to the executive is of no relevance. Saraki made this remark on Friday in the June 12, 2026 edition of ‘The Platform’ aired on Channels Television. He stated that the legislature which simply receives executive proposals, approves them without scrutiny, and goes home has not fulfilled its constitutional mandate. According to him, the parliament provides an arena where a divided country can argue without breaking, regardless of where one comes from. “So, what I learned in those four years in the National Assembly as Senate President is that a legislature that cannot say no is not a legislature at all. “A legislature which simply receives, accepts proposals, approves them without scrutiny, and goes home, has not fulfilled its constitutional mandate. “The independence of the National Assembly is not rebellion against the government of the day. I say that so loud, having been a victim. “We’re talking about how those institutions can do what they are meant to do in providing the mandate, because if the National Assembly is independent, it’s a very great thing that makes the government legitimate, because a mandate that is never tested is a man that no one can trust,” he said.
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