Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Sunday denied sponsoring a Bill in the Senate to legalise prostitution in the country.
Ekweremadu told journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, that the report attributed to him was an attempt by some mischievous people to distract the National Assembly from its statutory functions.
Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu speaking to Aviation Journalists at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. “I think this is total mischief by some mischievous people; you know there is no Bill before the Senate, there is none before the entire National Assembly and nobody is talking about legalising prostitution.
“I don’t know where they got that from but like I said, that this is the beauty of democracy. So, people are entitled to say whatever they want to say, otherwise you will just get distracted,’’ he said.
On the planned removal of fuel subsidy, the Deputy Senate President called for the sensitisation of Nigerians about the proposal, saying that some cabals were holding the country hostage.