Stakeholders Urge Anambra 7th Assembly To Consolidate On Achievements Of Predecessors

Ahead of today ‘s inauguration of the seventh Anambra State House of Assembly, residents of Awka have urged the incoming lawmakers to improve on the activities of the Sixth Assembly through better legislation.

In this special report, House of Assembly Correspondent, Chukwuemeka Modilim takes a look at people’s expectations from the seventh Assembly.

The Seventh Assembly will have its inaugural sitting tiday shortly after a proclamation by Governor Willie Obiano in line with the 1999 Constitution as amended.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, won twenty four seats of the thirty constituencies in the State Assembly to retain the majority in the legislature, while the Peoples Democracy Party PDP, won six of the seats.

Worthy of note is that the Seventh Assembly has fourteen ranking members and sixteen new members.

While the legislators are repositioning themselves for various posts in the legislature, APGA which is expected to play a prominent role on who gets what is likely to produce the Speaker of the Seventh Assembly.

Commenting on his expectations from the Seventh Assembly, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Legislative Matters, Chief Edozie Ezeugwa, charged them to sustain the peace in the House and work in synergy with the Executive Arm of Government as exemplified by the Sixth Assembly for the progress of the State.

On his part, Professor Jaja Nwanegbo of Department of Political Science, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, expressed confidence that since the Seventh Assembly has a combination of APGA and the PDP Lawmakers, it will lead to certain level of balanced opinion and
discourse in the House.

In his reaction, A legal Practitioner, Mr. Emmanuel Emune who noted that a lot of youths have business ideas but do not have fund to execute them, urged the Seventh Assembly to enact laws that will give the youths access to fund to enhance the economy of the state.

He also urged them to shun partisanship and see themselves as lawmakers that will offer dividends of democracy to the people.