Olusegun Ariyo
The lawmaker representing Bayelsa West, Senator Seriake Dickson, has picked some holes in President Bola Tinubu’s speech during the joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday to commemorate the 2025 Democracy Day.
The lawmaker, who addressed journalists shortly after the president’s address, alleged that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, violated his constitutional right during the event.
According to him, Akpabio rushed through President Tinubu’s letters to the National Assembly and ignored his intervention, stating that “that’s not how democracy works. That’s how military regimes operate.”
The Senator lamented that Akpabio “completely disregarded” his right as a Senator to “raise a constitutional issue”.
Urban Express News Online reports that some stakeholders have tackled the president for ignoring the pains of Nigerians, but have focused on politics.
Expectations of many Nigerians were dashed as the president’s speech allegedly failed to capture important issues bedevilling the nation.
According to a cross-section of Nigerians, the president was more interested in mocking opposition parties than addressing the wanton killings going on across the country.
