House of reps leader grants scholarship to 43
constituents
The Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila has expressed the readiness of the
House of Representatives Special Committee on
Constitution Amendment to grant autonomy to Local
Governments in Nigeria in the ongoing amendment
to the 1999 constitution.

In a statement released by his Media Assistant,
Olanrewaju Smart on Friday , Gbajabiamila while
responding to questions from representatives of
Community Development Associations at an
interactive session in his constituency bare his mind
on national issues.

" We are working on the autonomy for local
government in fact we passed it in the 7th Assembly
but President Jonathan did not sign it. We are
working on it again and there will be autonomy for
local government. I know most of the Governors do
not want it, not because they don't like it but truly if
we look at true federalism there are only two tiers of
government, local government is part of the state
government but because it has been abused here in
Nigeria that is why everyone seems to be in support
of local government autonomy"

Gbajabiamila in his address also sought for the
patience of his constituents on the state of the
economy.
"Recession is affecting the top to the bottom, this
government is doing its best. This recession is
actually because Nigeria is no longer making money
as it ought to . The oil came down from $100 to
about $30 when this Government came in. Imagine
you are a farmer and the head of the House with five
children and you make 10,000 per month then all of
a sudden a natural disaster occurred in your farm
and you start making 2,000 Naira monthly. It means
your family will have to adjust. Most importantly for
us in government to cut excesses."

"Recession do happen in even advance countries, if
you go to Venezuela you see people lining up on the
streets begging for small bread or rice and
Venezuela was once one of the biggest oil producing
country in the world. But that does not mean the
leader of the country must not take credit or
otherwise for whatever is happening to the
businesses, economy, and politics but I know we will
get out of this(recession) as one country. "
The House Leader after highlighting his
achievements in the House of Representatives
promised to attract more federal presence to his
constituency in 2017 and ensure that solar facilities
he installed in the constituency work properly for
the good of the constituency.

He also pledged to weigh in on the pending needs of
members of his community through an academic
scholarship for one student from each of the 43
Community Development Associations in the
constituency.
The Chairman of the Community Development
Committee (CDC), Mr Adebayo Balogun expressed
gratitude to the senior lawmaker for his numerous
interventions in the constituency while requesting
for more assistance in the area of water supply and
electricity.
The interactive session also had in attendance the
Special Adviser to the Lagos Governor on Central
Business District, Agboola Dabiri; Sole
Administrators of Surulere LGA and Coker Aguda
LCDA, Sherif Balogun and Tope Yusuf respectively;
Chairman of All Progressives Congress in Surulere,
Shakirudeen Ajao and representatives of 43
Community Development Associations in Surulere 1
federal constituency.