Delta State House of Assembly has assured that it is capable of oversighting the activities of government.
The Speaker, Rt honourable Emomotimi Guwor who disclosed this when the Executives and members of the Asaba Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba said that the lawmakers would do their best to deliver the best to the people of the state.
The correspondents had requested the house to liaise with the executive arm and the judiciary to enforce the disability law, ban on open grazing, ban on iron condemn and property protection law otherwise called “deve” in local parlance among others and punish offenders.
He said that he had taken note of all the requests made regarding lawmaking and assured that each would be looked into and addressed on its merit.
“All the requests that have to do with law making, we will look at them strictly and take active measures in making sure we do the best for our people.
“That is why we are elected to make sure we give the best to Deltans.
“We are 29 members and the people feel we are able and capable of doing the task that they asked us in terms of representation, law making and oversighting the activities of government.
Rt. Hon. Guwor, pledged continued partnership with journalists to deliver development to the people of Delta even as he charged them to verify their reports and be objective in their reportage.
He said, “I have been longing to meet you, the journalists, we are partners in progress.
“As Mr Speaker, I and my colleagues are readily available to see how we can partner in the nation building work that we are doing and I want to assure you that we will continue to partner with you”.
Earlier, the Chairman, Asaba Correspondents, Comrade Ifeanyi Olannye, said that visit was to congratulate the Speaker on his appointment and vibrancy in the duty of law making.
According to him, the timely legislation from the House has spurred the state into a development hub and construction sites have been championed by the construction giant, the Julius Berger.
Olannye, however, urged the House to
” take action to ensure immediate domestication of the N70,000 Minimum Wage Law in the State and to improve on it to better the life of the state workers whose lives have been traumatised due to the high pricing of the Premium Motor Spirit( PMS) also known as Petrol by the Federal Government.
“We, hereby call for legislation to declare emergency in the Agricultural sector, thereby making farming compulsory for all civil servants, secondary schools and for communities to form farmers cooperatives across the state.
“Make provision for funds, engage communities for land and give civil servants grants and a-one-day off duty every week to engage in farming and then put mechanisms in place to monitor their activities. This will no doubt help to ensure food security and jobs creation in the state.
“We also want the House to look into the essence of the review by the Federal Government, the law relating to the power sector to ensure that the State Power and Energy sector receive adequate funding and attention to make electricity available to all households in the state.”
