Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The House of Representatives occupies a sacred place in Nigeria's constitutional architecture. It is entrusted not only with lawmaking, but with safeguarding the rule of law through principled, impartial oversight. When that responsibility is compromised, the damage extends far beyond institutional embarrassment - it strikes at the heart of democratic governance. Recent actions surrounding the Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations) raise troubling questions about whether that duty has been faithfully discharged.

Oversight is not a licence to substitute opinion for law. It is not a mechanism for suspending valid regulations by committee correspondence, nor a...