Senator Dino Melaye has said
that no Nigerian legislator deserves to be called “honourable” until all
citizens of the country are living honourable lives.
Melaye also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the “Your Excellency” titles given to presidents and other public office holders.
He made the call via a statement issued on Sunday, October 2, 2016. The statement reads in part:
“Though
an unrepentant advocate for integrity and forthrightness especially
from public office holders, I however sincerely want to recommend that
Mr. President grant Presidential Amnesty/Pardon to all those who looted
our treasury provided they return all proceeds of their loot to the
government within six (6) months of the declaration of the Amnesty.”
“This,
I believe will encourage the voluntary return of the looted funds,
empower the government financially to immediately commence the
implementation of projects and programmes that will stimulate the
economy and raise the peoples’ standard of living, and save the
judiciary and other law enforcement agencies the agony of fruitlessly
pursuing the looters in and out of the courtrooms. In the long run, this
would be a win-win situation for both the government and people of
Nigeria.
“At the expiration of the six months’
‘Moratorium’, all those who failed to comply would then be made to face
the reality of aggressive and expeditious prosecution and eventual jail
terms for convicts in accordance with the laws of the land.
“In
this regard, I recommend that henceforth no President, Vice President,
Governor, or Deputy Governor should answer the name ‘His Excellency’
until the material condition of ordinary Nigerians has also become
‘Excellent’.
“No Senator should continue to answer
‘Distinguished’ until the masses of the people begin to experience a
distinguished existence and no Federal or state Legislator should wear
the badge of ‘Honourable Member’ until the ordinary citizen is himself
living a life that can be classified Honourable in every material
particular.”
Melaye had earlier called on Buhari to sack Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun due to the recession describing her as incompetent.
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