The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu on Wednesday raised the alarm over the safety of members of the legislative house due to the leakages of water in the chamber whenever it rains.
Elemuelu who raised the alarm when he raised a point of order under privilege during plenary pointed out it was dangerous to continue sitting because of the multiple leakages in the hallow chamber.
The lawmaker, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pleaded that something urgent needed to done to rectify the ugly situation.
According to him, “I come under privilege on what is happening in this chamber. Mr Speaker, if you look around, we are surrounded by water, especially because our chamber is leaking and I am worried that if something is not done to address it, nobody holds one’s life but we never can tell what can happen.
“Coming into this place (Chamber), you can see the cleaners, they are busy packing the water that is coming down from this chamber and to me it is dangerous for our continuous participation in our day to day representing our people, speaking for our people for good legislation. I think Mr Speaker that something needs to be done to address these leakages within this chamber. This is my submission.”
In his response, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who presided over the plenary said that it was an important point and that it was noted.
Many areas of the National Assembly complex leak whenever it rains since the rainy season began and nothing concrete has been done to address the situation.
