Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said the National Assembly complex is “in a sorry state” to the extent that it is almost collapsing.
Gbajabiamila made the revelation when he received Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), in Abuja on Monday.
The Speaker called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to take over the maintenance of the building.
He said: “As it is today, the building is almost collapsing. The maintenance is at zero level.”
Gbajabiamila also said the legislators need a fully-equipped standard library, as well as the complex to be fully digitalised in order for Nigeria to “have a robust legislature.”
He appealed to Mustapha to facilitate the needed changes in the federal legislative complex.
He said: “So we will be needing your intervention in this regard. We will need to make the house fully I.T compliant also.
“And how do you work if you don’t have these things on your fingertips? ”And your office is very critical to actualising these legislative agenda that we have set for ourselves.”
The Speaker, however, said the lower chamber is ready to conduct its activities through the use of technology.
“I’m glad to announce that by tomorrow when we resume sitting, one of our reforms would have been in place; the chamber now is more or less 80 per cent I.T. compliant,” Gbajabiamila said.
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