JOBA scores Ekiti Assembly low, calls for a proactive Legislature
Former House of Assembly Candidate of the APC in the Okemesi/Ido-Ile constituency in Ekiti West Local Government, Comrade Johnson Oyekola Bode-Adeoye popularly known as JOBA has berated the performances of Ekiti Assembly in the last one year.
JOBA spoke with EKITILINK. Excerpts:
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| Comd Johnson Oyekola Bode-Adeoye |
EKITILINK: How would you assess the legislative house in Ekiti in close to a year now?
JOBA: Generally, any legislative chamber that is populated with members of one single political party can hardly be vibrant, moreso, that Ekiti has a power-conscious governor who hates opposing views in its entirety.
EKITILINK: What do you think could be the implication of this on governance in Ekiti State?
JOBA: There is every tendency that most business of the legislative chamber is done quietly and as such, disallowing the electorate contributions. In this kind of situation, governance then becomes one way traffic.
EKITILINK: Are you insinuating that the present Assembly is not impacting on governance in Ekiti of today?
JOBA: When we have a situation where the governor presented a budget and approved same right inside the House of Assembly and received a resounding applause from all members of the Assembly. This is to say the governor's act was actually approved by the house, hence, the public has not heard much about the said budget.
EKITILINK: Lastly how do you think your ideal legislative house should operate?
JOBA: My ideal legislative house should be people-oriented and should be interactive; it must maintain the principle of checks and balances and make people-oriented laws proactively.
Source: Ekiti Link
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