The era of producing “I support” kind of legislators is over in Kwara-KMC
Says aspiring lawmakers must be prepared to respond to tough questions
AREWA AGENDA – A leading Pro-democracy group, Kwara Must Change and producer of Legislative Watch research project has called on the people of Kwara State, the political groups, civil society organizations as well as the media to scrutinize aspiring lawmakers more, so as to check their readiness for office and improve public understanding of their responsibility.
Kwara Must Change also said that, the era of producing “I support” kind of legislators is over in Kwara State, promising to lead the process of setting up pre-election standard of scrutiny to enrich public engagement.
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In a statement by the coordinator of Kwara Must Change, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji, the group noted that, the legislative arm of government is the heart of democracy and by extension, the heart of governance and those that will occupy this important arm of government must be individuals with required ability to be visionary(seeing beyond the immediate circumstances), critical (probe processes and compliance to laid down rules and regulations) and utilization of government authorities in the course of carrying out government businesses, especially within Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
According to Yusuf, ineffective legislative execution of its mandate is largely responsible for the rot in civil service, which is the implementation arm of government businesses and to arrest the ugly trend, we must scrutinize those aspiring to constitute the legislative arm of government and prepare them for the task of proper representation.
“The business of representation must be seen beyond the sharing and allocation of material resources, to safeguarding public psychology through creating healthy environment for human growth and development”
Kwara Must Change concluded by charging aspiring lawmakers to be prepared to respond to tough questions from the public, because the office they seek to occupy is the most important office in a democracy.
