Former lawmakers from the Third Republic have demanded for the prompt payment of their overdue salaries and allowances.
According to The PUNCH, a member of the Third Republic Forum,Basil Okafor, emphasized this demand while leading a delegation honoring Frederick Agbedi, a former member of the Third House of Assembly and current representative of Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in Bayelsa State, who received an award for his dedicated service.
Okafor highlighted that President Bola Tinubu, previously elected as a Senator under the Social Democratic Party during that era, is actively advocating for the settlement of their owed entitlements.
“The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an octopus in battle, has fought from 1992 till date to make input and he is today the President. We have a lot of problems that we now think that having a President who is one of us, having members of the House of Representatives and multiple Senators, that some of these problems can be addressed. We have problems with our claims and salaries that were not paid at that time. We have problems that we are seeking the face of this government to see how they can help us resolve.
“And we know that having Agbedi here, he can help us coordinate his fellow members to champion this cause and the press should also help us in any way to highlight some of these problems that are facing us because we are the old boys of this current government,” he said.
He highlighted that the regulations guiding the operations of the 10th House were originally established by the lawmakers of the Third Republic.
