The Most Rev. Alfred Martins, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, while speaking on the recent events at the National Assembly on Monday expressed unhappiness as well as total disgust at the behavior of members of the House of Representatives for jumping over the gate of the National Assembly Complex. According to Most Rev. Alfred Martins, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, the lawmakers shouldn’t have thrown decorum to the wind nut rather, they should have purported themselves in a responsible manner because they represent the whole nation.
In his speech, The Most Rev. Alfred Martins actually spoke the minds on millions of Nigerians who have since expressed disgust and shock at the manner and behavior of the lawmakers in scaling, or jumping over the national assembly fence just to get to the,”hallowed” chambers, what a shame!
Most Rev. Alfred Martins: “It gives us a lot of concern that the officials of the National Assembly have to climb the fence in order to arrive at what is supposed to be a hallowed chamber.
“It’s, indeed, a disgrace to the whole nation; it’s a real disgrace to the whole process of governance as represented in the legislative arm of government.
“And I think that whatever it is that lead to it should not have happened at all because it doesn’t give us confidence that the security forces are going to get right the whole process of elections that are forthcoming next year.
“Legislators should recognize their dignity as legislators, and therefore whatever it is that is disagreement among them should not go to such an extent.
“They are representing the whole nation as well as individual citizens within Nigeria.
“And therefore, whatever their disagreements are they should not in any way let it go to this kind of extent that we saw. I think that, that portends a lot of danger for the nation.”
