As the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State congratulates the newly inaugurated members of the 10th Ondo State House of Assembly, it charges them to enact laws that will enhance the revenue of the State and increase what is generated internally.
This would guarantee their work on legislation which would improve the ease of doing business in Ondo state.
The Ondo State Chairman of the Party, Hon. Stephen Adewale made this declaration in a statement titled “Ondo 10th Assembly: “We Cannot Afford Another Rubber Stamp Legislature,” and made available to the media.
It stated that: “In order to deepen a people-oriented legislature, the immediate task before the 10th Assembly is to consciously design a template to debate and pass people-oriented laws as much as necessary, fine-tune strategies where feasible, make adjustments where achievable, tamper with the existing narratives where such is needed, and encourage participations in the legislative affairs wherever practicable.”
While urging the Assembly to pay diligent attention to their oversight functions, It charged them to ensure that they work for the people of the State that elected them, and not for any other interest.
The party which regretted that the State is yet to experience a genuinely independent House of Assembly since 1999, observed that the previous members of hallowed chambers regarded themselves as nothing more than pawns who rubber-stamped the whims and caprices of the Executive.
The party therefore, challenge them to forge ahead on a new route that will solidify their legacy in the State’s annals of history.
According to the party, the assembly, were never designed to work for the executive or work for the Judiciary, but be a legislature that encourages constructive criticism and healthy debates to be a responsive legislature.
This it advised, would be advantageous for the newly inaugurated 10th Assembly to deliver dividends of democracy to the people .
