Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has told the new members of the
board of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to ensure that the
legislature is manned by professionals.
He spoke on Thursday
while receiving the members of the commission, led by the Chairman, Engr. Ahmad
Khadi Amshi, in his office.
In a statement by
his Special Adviser on Media, Lanre Lasisi, the Speaker noted that the members
were all carefully selected and that they have lots of experience as former
lawmakers and technocrats.
Gbajabiamila said:
“We are happy that we have a good team to work with. You are the unsung heroes,
people don’t get to hear about what you do, unlike some other well-known
Commissions but I believe that as we go along, people will realize how
important you are.
“You have a lot to
work on, you have to fill the vacuum that has been created and you have to hit
the ground running.
“As you do your
work, as you deploy people to the National Assembly, you have to take
particular note of the fact that the backbone of any democracy is the
legislature. An organization filled with people.
“The National
Assembly is tired of workers who don’t know their onions, who don’t know
anything about what they are expected to do. In a situation like this, it is
not the quantity that matters but the quality.
“People often
compare our legislature with other advanced parliaments but they fail to
realize that it’s not the lawmakers that do the most critical aspects of the
job, we (lawmakers) are just advocates”
The Speaker also
advised the board to be mindful of in-house politics that is capable of derailing
the aspirations of the new board to reposition the National Assembly for better
performance.
“Oftentimes,
organizations like this are riddled with in-house politics, which creates
damages, if you can’t eliminate it, keep it at the barest minimum. This is
because what affects you, affects us in the NASS,” he added.
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