Delta lawmaker advocates synergy with LG council for speedy development
The member representing Oshimili South in the Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs Bridget Anyafulu (PDP), said collaboration between the state and local government council(LGC) legislature, would speed up development at the grassroot.
Anyafulu, while meeting with the Oshimili LGC legislative arm, on Friday in Asaba, said it was imperative for legislators at the state and LGC to work as a collective for the common good of the people.
She said, ” I have come to ask for your partnership so that at every giving point we would work as legislators and be able to relate with our people, the traditional rulers, community leaders and our youths.
”We have made assessment of what our people need and what their issues are during my electioneering and those things were documented and have become a working document for me.
”And I have come to meet with you as representatives of the various wards and communities in Oshimili South.”
”I know you interact with your people and I know you also understand the issues around your various communities and it is important we put all of these issues on the table for us to work aa one.”
Anyafulu advised them to appoint coordinators in the various wards and communities to enable them have data base for effective representation.
According to her, If we must succeed, the youths are very critical and the women must be part of it.
“The issue of environment as the host of the state government must also be taken into consideration,”she said.
She said that having detailed information of all those living in the area, would give room for adequate planning and implementation of government policies.
”We need to know who are our tenants and our neighbours are and we need to also know who lives around us.
”We need to also know how many buildings/households that are in our various communities.
”Having these details would enable us change the narrative by doing things differently,” she said.
Anyafulu also advised the lawmakers to ensure that they carried out their oversight functions as well as ensuring peaceful co-existence among people in the area.
She assured them of the opportunity of training and retraining in order to effectively carry out their responsibilities as legislators.
In his remarks, the Council Chairman, Mr Michael Okonji. who commended Anyafulu for the visit, noted that she had given them the clue on how to effectively represent their people.
He assured her of the LGC’ readiness to partner with her in attracting more dividends of democracy to the people of Oshimili South LGA.
According to him, the visit will not just end here, but we will always, from time call for more deliberation.(NAN)