The House of Representatives says the media must help correct the negative perception Nigerians have of the role of the legislature.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Media, Honourable Abdulrasak Namdas, made this appeal on Monday in a meeting with the Chairman of Channels Television, Mr John Momoh and the management team of the media house in Abuja.

Stressing the need for the media support in correcting the negative perception, Mr Namdas said that the public do not get the right information about most issues in the National Assembly.

He said: “They still hold us to all prejudices about the National Assembly.

“For example the issue of vehicles. Since time, the civil service is known for buying vehicles. They buy vehicles for directors,  commissioners, ministers at the federal level and when you say you want to buy vehicle for lawmakers at the National Assembly, people give us a serious misinterpretation.

“The reason is because the National Assembly is the only chamber that houses 360 people and 109 at a time, that is the House of Representatives and the Senate”.

Credit: ChannelsTv