Rotimi Olowo |
The Lagos State House
of Assembly has earmarked Tuesday 10 November, 2015 to hold town hall meetings
simultaneously in all the 40 constituencies in the state.
According to the
Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, who moved a Motion on the
issue during plenary on Thursday 5th November, 2015, the town hall meetings was
necessary to further educate the constituents about what the legislators have been
doing since they resumed office.
"It would be good
for the lawmakers and the constituents to have a good relationship and the
people should be better educated about the job of lawmakers and the differences
in the works of the three arms of government such as the executive, the
legislative and the judiciary," he said.
He added that there is
an opportunity for the people, who might not have the opportunity of making
their presentations during the meetings to submit their memorandum in the
Assembly on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th, November, 2015 and that all the
reports would be collated and submitted to the authorities for necessary
treatments.
The motion was
subsequently supported by Hon. Rotimi Olowo from Shomolu Constituency 1.
In his comments, the
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that the lawmakers were
sent to the House and that there is need
for them to go back to give the people feedback, which he said is what
representation is all about.
He said further that
there is need to tell the people about what they are doing as their
representatives for the progress of the state, adding that It is better to do
the town hall meeting so that the people would not reject them in four years,
when it is time for another election.
"We have to go
back home to hear from the people so that we can have a good relationship with
them. We are inviting all the people from all spheres of life for the
programme, but we will need only the representatives of the people so that it
would not be rowdy.
"We have invited
leaders such as traditional rulers, politicians, traders, marketers, CDAs,
CDCs, transporters, physically challenged people, students and others as it
would be advertised in the media. All the reports would be put together and
submitted to the Governor for implementation," he said.
Contributing, Hon.
Victor Akande said that the meeting would draw the lawmakers closer to the
people so that they would know their minds and appreciate what the lawmakers
are doing.
Hon. Rotimi Olowo, who
also contributed to the motion, stated that most of the people do not know the
jobs of legislators, but that this could be sorted out during the meetings.
Also speaking, Hon.
Bisi Yusuf from Alimosho Constituency 1 said that the move is a good
development as it would assist the lawmakers to know what the people want.
In his comment, the
Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Olumuyiwa Jimoh said that the time
had come for the lawmakers to go back to their people and give them feedback.
"It is an
opportunity to tell the people what we can do as legislators. I once told my
people during one of the town hall meetings I held with them that it is not my
job to handle electricity problem. We will use the event to educate the people
about our job and those of the other two arms of government," he said.
Hon. Tobun Abiodun
from Epe Constituency 1 said in his contribution that the lawmakers should know
the feelings of the people and that it would connect the people with the
Governor in the long run.
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