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Nigeria Senators are of stone age, can't function in 21st century - Ben Bruce
The Senator
representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce, has stated that Nigeria has become
a laughing stock in the world because of the “inability of Senators to function
in the 21st century”.
Ben Bruce stated this in an interview with BBC Pidgin.
He accused his colleagues of heading towards the opposite direction,
after they rejected a bill he sponsored on electric cars.
In April, Bruce withdrew a bill seeking to phase out petrol cars and
introduce electric vehicles by 2035, following stiff opposition from his
colleagues.
“Nigeria is really the laughing stock of the world because of my
colleagues who cannot function in the 21st century.
“An electric car is very efficient. Towards your driving, it tells you
how many miles you have left. Full charge, about a hundred miles. You see how
simple it is? But my colleagues in the senate, who are in the stone age do not
understand this.
“Our politicians are moving in the opposite direction. Whether they
like it or not, the world will move towards electrical cars. That is the way of
the future. Combusting engine cars are inefficient, they kill people. Today,
nobody in his right mind will build a factory to make combusting engine cars.
“We will end up being the dumping ground of the world because the world
is moving in one direction, the Nigerian senate is moving in the opposite
direction. You replace your petrol station with solar powered charging
stations. Anytime you wanted to charge your car, you go to the gas station, and
you charge your super charge 30 minutes, you get a hundred miles of charge. How
many people drive a hundred miles, one (hundred and) fifty kilometers a day?
“Nigeria spends over a trillion naira every year subsidizing petrol. If
they listen to me, they will be cautious what we have and what we can benefit
from this technology. If they don’t, they will be left behind and Nigeria will
be a third world country forever. So they have a choice. Either way, I win,
they lose,” Ben Bruce said.
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