To reduce governance cost, let’s have one senator per state —Okorocha

The senator representing Imo West Senatorial District at the
National Assembly, ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha, has recommended one
senator per state, instead of the current three from each state of
the federation.

He said this will reduce cost of governance in general.

Okorocha spoke during the Senate plenary on Thursday.

“We must begin to make sacrifice and cut down our cost of
governance by having just one Senatorial representative, instead of
three (3) per state.

“We should fund the productive sector of our economy,” Okorocha
had said.

The senator spoke in response to Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s
concerns that Nigeria needs to have an economy that provide jobs
and creates wealth.

“We must ensure that our procurement process is well monitored.
There must be efficiency and prudence in the way we do
procurement,” Lawan said.

“We need diversification in various sectors of our economy like
the agricultural sector, solid minerals and tourism.

“The mono-economy is not working for this country,” Lawal had
said.