Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, July 25, 2016 posited that Lawmakers are in office for their purse and not for the welfare of the masses.
the former president made the comment after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to news agency, Punch, Obasanjo urged Nigerians to select and elect only men of integrity into the National Assembly henceforth.
Recall that the House of representatives is currently boiling over allegations of budget padding running into billions leveled against the Speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara by the former Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin.