The federal lawmaker, however, noted that some of the laws due to the environment, become obsolete and are difficult to implement.
Hon. Igbakpa stated this Friday, while playing host to the leadership and members of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Delta state chapter in Sapele, the administrative headquarter of Sapele local government area of the state.
The former Transport Commissioner whose legacies in the transportation sector of the state still speak volumes, revealed: “What we are doing, is to see how they can be amended”.
He lamented the situation where Bills and motions are delayed for a longer time, causing such Bills to lose their purposes.
Hear him: “Till today, I have a Bill that is still very close to my heart which is supposed to have been done with but it is still there. The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission.
“That Bill is to correct the anomalies. If you buy anything, you write to them and they give it back to you in energy. But in Nigeria, you buy poles, transformers, cables, fuse and I think that is wrong”.
He also bemoaned the situation where customers provide equipment for distribution companies to get power supply.
“Two days ago, I have to spend N280, 000 to buy cables for BEDC. We are paying your bills, we are still the ones providing equipment for BEDC.
“You are raising tariff and I am the one having the transformer that you are raising tariff on”, the former House of Assembly member regretted.
While assuring Nigerians, especially his Constituents of his determination to bring quality representation, he said, “I went to the National Assembly for a robust representation. I am trying to be nationalistic.
“I have about six bills that are pending, if you remember before we went on recess, I stood up under matters of privilege and I spoke to Mr. Speaker and the house that we are here to represent our people and if we are going to be denied, that is denial of my privilege that are due to my people.
“Bills and motions are supposed to go to the other paper as they come in. Mr. Speaker thought it wise that he is going to do something about it. During the holidays, I reminded him about four times.
“If you have a Bill and your Bill stays there four six months and somebody just bring a Bill tomorrow and the Bill goes, it shows that something is wrong, it shows that there is no accountability.
“For me, I am going to take time to look into my bills and motions that are pending. Because some of these motions, if they don’t come as at when due, they become staled. There are some that are Issues of the moment, if they are not dealt with, they go”.
Igbakpa, disclosed that the Coronavirus pandemic reduced their days of sitting to once in a week, “Coupled with the pandemic, we are now sitting once a week, instead of the three times a week.
“But now that we are resuming full time, three times a week, putting the Covid-19 protocols in place, am sure things will be dealt with.
While reiterating his determination to give quality representation to Nigerians and his people, he said: “But be rest assured that I am in for a robust representation. I take my time, I look at issues, I consult people and I cross my Ts and I dot my Is”, just as he lamented that Nigerians are being raped by these distribution companies “and I believe it is right time we look into this”, he stressed.
