About 90 percent of the senators in the Tenth National Assembly have election cases in courts across the country.
FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said lawmakers are distracted by cases arising from the 2023 general elections.
Ms Kingibe, of the Labor Party (LP), spoke a day after the court reaffirmed her election on Tuesday.
The Senate has 109 members.
“In the last eight weeks, almost 90 percent of senators were distracted by one court case or another. I want Nigerians to give us sometimes to see what we can take home. You can evaluate us within eight weeks.
“However, we are now on recess and the court cases were a form of distraction, but they are almost over, and when we reconvene, Nigerians will see the senators doing their job with zeal and patriotism,” he said.
Kingibe called on her opponents to join her in making the territory a bigger place.
“I feel great relief on Tuesday night when the electoral tribunal confirmed me as a duly elected senator for the FCT,” she said.
She thanked ‘Obidients’ and her legal team for a job well done, saying it was time to start tackling the job the people of FCT elected her to do.
“I would like to contact Senator Aduda. There is no winner or loser. He has had a good career and it is already finished. I want you to come and work with me to work for the FCT.
“Let’s do together for the FCT the things that he would have done if he had won. The goal is to make FCT great. I’ve worked with him in the past and I’m sure that’s what he would want.
“I also want to approach Honorable Zakari and all those who competed with me and others who have always strived for the best in the FCT to join me in making the FCT a great place.
“The city has gone backwards in the last 20 years. It is nobody’s fault. But this is the seat of government and the face of Nigeria; we should make it a place we are proud of,” Mrs Kingibe said.
He also promised that the FCT Senate Committee would work closely with Nyesom Wike, the minister, to ensure that the right thing was done and the city achieved greatness.
Ms Kingibe promised to ensure that sufficient laws were made to protect women and pledged to ensure that the 35 per cent affirmation for women was met, as chairperson of the committee on women’s rights.
He promised to unveil programs for the promotion of women’s rights and gender activism in the country.
He added that the programs’ websites had already been designed and were ready for launch.
(YAYA)