Abia Assembly to develop legislative term agenda to improve its performance, says Member

Abia Assembly to develop legislative term agenda to enhance its performance, says Member
Agenda
By Leonard Okachie
Legislature
Umuahia, Oct. 23, 2019 (NAN) The Abia House of Assembly says it will develop legislative term agenda to enable it to remain focused and contribute more meaningfully in providing good governance and rapid development of the state.
Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, the Deputy Speaker and House Committee Chairman on Information, said this on Wednesday, while briefing newsmen at the end of a two-day capacity building serminar for the members and staff of the assembly in Umuahia.
Uchendu said that the seminar offered them the platform to examine their challenges and areas of weakness.
He said that the house also came up with recommendations that could help to strengthen their work as legislators.
The Majority Leader, Mr Solomon Akpulonu, described the seminar as very impartive, adding that it equipped them on the strategic ways to interface with the executive in order to move the state forward.
Also, the Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Chijioke Chukwu, said it gave them the opportunity to do a thorough appraisal of their activities and appreciate the areas they had challenges.
The Minority Whip, Mr Mike Ukoha, said the draft agenda had further equipped them to perform their oversight efficiently and effectively.
Mr Stanley Nwabuisi, representing Ikwuano constituency, said that the seminar would help the house to further deepen its relationship with the executive in the interest of the state and its people.
Mrs Ifeaoma Chukwuma, the Regional Team Leader of the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn, thanked members and staff of the assembly for their passion and enthusiasm in developing the agenda.
Chukwuma said: “The seminar is part of the transition programme for all the Houses of Assembly in the South-East zone.
“So far, we have covered Enugu, Anambra and Abia. We will also do a similar thing in Imo and Ebonyi.”
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seminar, which was funded by the Department For International Development, was designed to support the South-East Legislative Governance Reform Committee toward the development of their legislative term agenda.
The agenda is a plan that will help the legislature to remain focused and through their cardinal mandate support the state executive to deliver good governance to the people.
Part of the recommendations of the serminar included the rebuilding of decayed infrastructure, strengthening the security agencies and reviewing the state Board of Internal Revenue Law (NAN)
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(Edited by Sam Oditah)