Senator Orji Kalu, representing Abia North at the National Assembly, has called for the closure of some government parastatals.

Mr. Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, made the call on Thursday during plenary.

He said the shutdown was necessary because of the proliferation of parastatals.

According to Kalu, Nigeria has over 1,000 parastatals and more are still being created.

“This Senate should focus on security and agriculture. We need to pay attention to small scale industry. This Senate should shut down some parastatals,” he said.

“We have over 1,000 parastatals and we are creating more. We should have small government and big enterprise so we can be able to move forward.”