Obasa Charges Lagos Council Chairmen On Performance, Grassroots Development

 


 


...reveals plan to organise seminar for councillors 


Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa has called on the chairmen of the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to ensure that they provide the dividends of democracy for the people.


Addressing the Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, Council Leaders and the Majority Leaders of the LGs and LCDAs in the state at a leadership summit organised by the House at the Assembly on Thursday, Obasa said that the chairmen should not treat the councillors as subjects but as partners in progress.


"Your councillors are your partners. They are not your subjects or subordinates. You must accord them respect and they must also respect you"



He urged the chairmen, vice chairmen and their councillors to work in harmony, advising the chairmen to discuss with people in the Community Development Areas (CDAs) and those in the Community Development Committee (CDCs).


He said; "If the chairman fails to do what you want, you can come to the state house of assembly, we will resolve it. You can come and meet me or send messages to me. We must learn to work together, that is where our successes and achievements lie. We cannot continue to have low votes because you are responsible for it. You in the local governments should be available to the people and there must be constant interactions with the people and community leaders. When they come to see you, make yourself available to them. Some people built the party to this stage, and how do we maintain it. Some of you retired as civil servants or teachers before joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) all because it is well organised. Let us build the party properly".



Obasa urged the chairmen to execute more empowerment programmes in their respective councils, stating that they were elected to serve the people.


"Use government money to do good things for the people. Let us help out children and the people around us. Ensure you have a park within your first year in office. You should also have sports centers. How many football stars or athletes have you produced in your area. We will organise seminars for the councillors so that they would have a better understanding of what they are doing. We will work with four districts as Lagos West will be divided into four.

The chairmen will pay for the seminars. We will get the people that will facilitate the seminars based on what we have in the publication. The chairmen can be part of the seminars so that it would not look like incitements. We will give you the resource persons apart from political inputs from us," he said.


In his response, the Chairman of Conferences 57, the Chairman of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government, Hon. Sesan Olowa, pledged that the council chairmen would work harmoniously with stakeholders and the councillors to entrench grassroots development.


Olowa also said that they would continue to improve on the development of the local councils, adding that they would keep doing their best for the people.

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