Abeg, gather here! Wetin lawyer Opatola Victor don yan na serious matter wey dey happen for our legislative corner. E don drop serious gist about how some laws wey National Assembly pass dey turn out different from the ones wey dem go later gazette. Na only dem sabi wetin dey go on, but Opatola no gree keep quiet o!
He don warn say this kind wahala no be clerical error but serious alterations wey fit scatter our constitution and the confidence wey citizens get for our lawmakers. Imagine say president don sign law wey no match wetin National Assembly pass. Na wah! Opatola don call am ‘constitutional sabotage’ – and he talk say nobody fit dey obey such laws.
He explain say this matter no be small oversight matter – nah big beanie wey security all over the place dey snatch away our peace. Dem dey use gazette as official notice wey citizens suppose trust, but wetin happen if law no gree match? Even if dem bring different versions of one law, how people go fit know wetin to follow?
Victor also slam the Electoral Act Amendment Bill wey no carry the voice of the people. Wetin dem talk about electronic transmission of election results? Dem go leave am for INEC to decide, but INEC don don show say dem no dey deliver during the last elections. People don dey lose trust! Wetin we go do na? Opatola don dey shout say make we no let dis thing continue, otherwise democracy fit waka pass us.
And wait, we no fit forget the matter about tax laws wey sef join for this confusion. Dem try to release correct copies after people vex, but the damage don done. The things wey don change affect how citizens go pay tax and all those gbege wey dey follow am. No be small serious matter o!
As this gist dey unfold, make we no forget say we be one nation, and we go need stand together to make sure our representatives dey do wetin we need dem to do. If no be so, the foundation of democracy go shake, and we no go fit trust any system wey no dey work for we.
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