Nigeria, June 24 -- Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti) stated that senators had no role in the procurement process and should not be held liable for decisions taken by the National Assembly bureaucracy.

Reacting to a recent court judgment on the purchase of official vehicles and related allowances for members of the National Assembly, the lawmaker said senators were neither parties to the procurement exercise nor involved in the acquisition process.

He explained that the procurement of official vehicles was handled solely by the administrative structure of the National Assembly, which determines, purchases and allocates vehicles for legislative duties and committee assignments.

"The bureaucracy determines and provides official vehicles for committ...