Barau: Weaponising Oversights Weakens Democracy

Barau: Weaponising Oversights Weakens Democracy

Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau has warned that the politicisation and weaponisation of legislative oversight erodes public confidence and weakens democratic institutions. Barau gave the warning while delivering a lecture at the 2026 convocation ceremony of Al-Hikma University, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday. He spoke on the theme “Managing Executive-Legislature Relations towards Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.” Ac…

Deputy Senate President Tasks Leaders on Executive–Legislature Harmony - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service

Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has called for stronger cooperation and mutual respect between the Executive and the Legislature, as a critical pathway to consolidating democracy in the country’s Fourth Republic. Speaking at the 15th convocation ceremony of Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State where he delivered the convocation lecture, Barau warned that persistent friction between both arms of government continue…