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The Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, has compared Nigerian lawmakers to overlords, harping on the importance of respecting citizens’ views on the ongoing review of the Electoral Act.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Thursday, Nwankwo disclosed that a broad consensus had already been reached through joint National Assembly committees, public hearings and zonal consultations on key reforms, including real-time electronic transmission of election results.
He also called out the Senate for its use of closed executive sessions on a matter of “grave national public interest”.
Nwankwo further stated that the Electoral Act is “not the personal property of anybody, it is a national property”.
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“You have to be transparent. People elected you as a legislator; you didn’t fight your way into that position. You were elected by the people, and you represent the people.
“There is nothing that makes you superior to the ordinary Nigerian. You were elected, and you are accountable to the people.
“When you beg people to vote you in, you must listen to them. That is what is painful to a lot of us. You act as if you are an overlord, but you are not listening to us, the citizens,” he said.
