Nigerian lawmakers are idle, jobless - Adeyanju reacts to "ridiculous" mandatory voting bill Deji Adeyanju, public interest lawyer and human rights activist, has criticised National Assembly members, describing them as bunch of jobless and idle individuals. Adeyanju’s attack on the legislators was provoked by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’ decision to withdraw his bill on compulsory voting. His jabs were contained in a statement he entitled: “PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE COMPULSORY VOTING BILL.” The statement reads, “The now-withdrawn Bill seeking to impose compulsory voting, with punitive sanctions for non-compliance, reveals how idle...