Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi (APC, Plateau) has called on the Nigerian Navy to be transparent in their dealings to avoid any misunderstanding with his committee.
Hon. Gadgi who made the call during Navy’s 2020 budget defence yesterday at the National Assembly informed that his committee will soon visit naval formations across the nation for inspection.
“As we look forward to undertaking familiarisation tour of naval formations across the country in the exercise of our oversight functions in no distant future, I call on the naval authorities to be transparent in their dealings to forestall the possibility of any gridlock with the committee. This committee is willing and ready to work with the Navy as partners in progress for optimal productivity, but we shall not hesitate to wield the big stick where you are found wanting.” He said.
While emphasizing on the house determination to perform its functions of providing oversight as enshrined by the constitution, the chairman said;
“We shall not renege on its sacred responsibility of providing the needed oversight on the activities of the Navy, but we shall have as our underlying principle, the idea of adding value to the Navy than being a clog in the wheel of progress by reason of unnecessary antagonism. We shall not misconstrue the concept of checks and balances to mean executive/legislative bickering.”