OSUN: Owoeye leads Assembly Members to 3-day Legislative Retreat for effective delivery

Members of the 7th Osun State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye engage and participate in a 3-day summit to further advance their propensity and overall aptitude on the tenets and dogma that are viable for effective delivery in legislation.

The summit tagged with the theme; “Delivery Through Effective Legislative Engagement” fro Monday 11th to Wednesday 13th November, 2019 at the Royal Park Hotel, Iloko Ijesa, Osun State.

Owoeye, on Tuesday at the opening of a 3-Day Legislative Retreat, said the house of assembly would do everything within its reach to ensure it sanitize its structures to serve as example for efficiency, productivity and transparency in governance and that the Assembly would not allow anyone to detract it from its bare aspiration of redoubling the efforts of making the state a development haven.

He reemphasized on the agenda of the Assembly which includes, quality legislation, effective oversight, transparent and democratic Assembly, e-parliament, active citizens and public engagement and restoring public confidence in the state legislature would form the guiding principles of the Assembly.

He said, “The citizens of the State of Osun look up to the House of Assembly for direction and to provide opportunities for them. It has become quite apparent to us that it is no longer business as usual.
At no time in our history has the need for synergy of purpose and drive to embrace and give full effect to this obligation been more acute than now.

“There are tasks before us to work and build a new House of Assembly that is respected at home and recognised nationally both as an example for efficiency, productivity, and transparency.

“This is the minimum we aspire. We are not going to allow anyone to detract from this bare aspiration and we will be demanding that we stay on this course for the remainder of our term”, the speaker added

Delivering his keynote address, the Governor, Gboyega Oyetola who was represented by the Secretary to the State government, Mr Wole Oyebamiji said, his administration requires executive bills from the house to effectively execute development and other tasks at hand and ahead, nting that the cooperation of the parliament is required, he said, all decisions must be taken in the overall interest of the people.

Accordig to the Governor, “It is the goal of our Administration to deliver adequate, qualitative and equitable services and projects across the state. In the eleven months that we assumed office, we have endeavoured to achieve this goal in all the sectors. In offering these services, we visited every ward to collate their preferences and needs with a view to entrenching a sense of belonging. This is a foundation we are offering for the Legislature to build on

“Consequently, I urge this respected Assembly to make people engagement the basis of legislative activities The people must be the sources and the essence of legislative engagements. As representatives of the people, you must be close to your constituents. Know their needs, do advocacy on their behalf and pass laws that support their needs and aspirations.

“We shall always require executive bills to effectively execute development and other tasks at hand and ahead. We therefore require the cooperation of the House. All decisions must be taken in the overall interest of the people whom we all swore to serve and protect.

“The theme of this Legislative Retreat, Enhancing Service Delivery through legislative Engagement, is apt and timely as it will provide better and improved mechanics and mechanisms for delivering your electoral promises to the people and set a tone for sustainable service delivery in the state.

“Legislative engagement is pivotal to legislative success and excellence. Indeed it is the tool of the legislature, the arm of government regarded the world over as the symbol of democracy, to perform its law making role and delivery service in all the sectors

“Service delivery by the legislature can be achieved at three major levels: the people, the House and the State or nation. For a House to have been adjudged successful in service delivery, it must find balance at these three levels. It must faithfully deliver service to the people that gave it power in trust, conduct its duties in a manner that enhances and protects the sanctity and dignity of the House, and sustainably contribute to the development profile of the state and the nation.

“As the face of democracy and an amalgam of representatives of the people across party lines, the House’s success is determined by the collective and individual contributions of its members. This calls for revolve in REVIT FOR On of the House and the sectoral promises made to the people by each representative.

“Legislative engagement in collective , which consider effective if it is results oriented people to check, rules propelled, consensus enhanced and relationship driven
Legislative representation position of responsibility legislators require commitment, passion, selflessness, persistence, and food persuasive presentational skills, regular attendance at plenary and Executive sessions, punctuality and active participation to deliver effective service delivery”, Governor Oyetola added.

To share their legislative experiences at the retreat, the former speaker of the Osun Assembly, Rt Hon Adejare Bello who Chair the retreat while the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the state, Hon Barr Akintunde Adegboye, Hon Kamil Oyedele amongst other senior state law makers were also present.