By Olanrewaju Adesanya
The elected member of the Lagos State Assembly, Hon. Olanrewaju Afinni in his resolve to hit the ground running, has initiated 11committees which he claimed are meant to work with him for better delivery of dividend of democracy to his constituents.
Afinni who replaces
Hon. Shola Giwa at the State Assembly said that the people remain the main
focus of his office and that informs why they have to be carried along from the
initial stage, so as to adequately air their views in the hallowed chamber.
The committees includes; Education, Employment/ Economic Empowerment,
Health,Youth and Sport, Elders, Environment, Women Affairs, Market,
Physical Project, Empowerment, Special duties/Advisory , Media and Publicity
Committee.
The committee which is
comprised of a chairman, secretary and nine other members each is activated to
commence work in the next one week.
The Committees are respectively chaired by the following; Education, Mr, Ahmed
Olaufe, Employment/ Economic Empowerment, Alhaji Soji Bada, Health, Hon.
Musiliu Mayegun, Youth and Sport, Mr, Ayodele Gbagura, Elders Mr, Fatai
Olateju, and Women Affairs, Mrs Jibike Shabiolegbe.
Others are Physical Project, Mr, Sola Jones, Environment, Alhaji Monsuru Sulaimon, Market/Artisans/Barracks, Mr Tajudeen Ajiboye, Special Duties/Advisory, Mr, Akinola Akinjiyan, Media and Publicity, Hon. Monsuru Oteshade, while Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim would serve as the Secretary of the Committee.
Speaking at the
inauguration, Hon. Afinni thanked members of the committees for their roles
during the party primaries and general election, adding that their best was yet
to come, as their ideas and
support is germane to him, “I cannot do it alone”
“I have called upon you today to reveal my programmes to you; you are my
partners in progress as I believe in your capabilities. I need your advice; I
don’t want to run my programmes at a loss.
“What is the essence of great ideas without competent hands like you to execute
it, or running a programme without positive results? I want you all to go round
the constituency to listen to the yearnings of our electorates, feel their
pulse.
“Let me know their plight and let’s have a round table discussion to solve them. I can’t do it without your support and cooperation.”
The lawmaker
commenting on why the committees are that much, harped on the various subsets
of the community that forms the constituency and units that has direct bearings
on the well being of his constituents as his key focus for qualitative
representation.
“The various committees inaugurated today in close view are decisive because
every one of them deals with a very important frame or subset of the community;
we have the elders, youths, women and even every facet of the community.
“I believe that the best legacy one could give a child is education, on
employment and economy, gainful employment would boost our economy and would
adequately reverse the common saying that an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
“Health is another germane one as cleanliness is next to Godliness, as
a youth myself, I will be their mouth piece at the state assembly, Sport is
also one of my area of concentration as all work and no play makes jack a dull
boy.
“On Women Affairs, the people I love most are women because they are the salt
of the world, they also play a pivotal role in our markets as we are all
aware, the common saying in Yoruba is “Oloja lonibo,” meaning the
market men and women churn out the largest number of votes during the
elections, our elders are also on our radar as we believe if we can take care
of our elders definitely the coming generation will look after us too,” he
said.
Responding at the
gathering, a representative of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the local government area, Mr Kamal Oyeboh confessed that he
was not a supporter of the lawmaker during his jostle for the party’s ticket,
but that he was impressed with the committee the lawmakers had just
inaugurated.
Oyeboh stated that if the committee could work vigorously in accordance with the good motives of the lawmaker and help him achieve his aim, there was no one that could stop the lawmaker from representing Lagos Island II for five consecutive terms in the state house of assembly.
A Septuagenarian Community leader, who is also the Head of Gomez Chieftaincy family and Chairman of the Elder Committee,75 years old Mr, Fatai Olatunji said that since his involvement in Lagos politics he had never seen any lawmaker with such unique initiative of inaugurating the various committees.
He added that if all the outlined projects in the committees were carried out successfully, there was no single reason all the old people in Lagos Island would not sacrifice their last sweat for the lawmaker to be voted back into office in 2023.
The Chairman of the Education Committee, Mr Ahmed Olaufe revealed in a chat with newsmen that members of the various committees should be selfless and render service to the people and tone down one personal craving.
