Earlier in his valedictory speech, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, pointed out the prominent achievements of the House in the last four years to include the
Gbajabimila said though the strategic importance of the oil and gas sector to Nigeria’s socioeconomic well-being has long been apparent, successive administrations failed to put in place a functional statutory regime to allow that sector to function optimally.
Gbajabiamila noted that the House passed the Police Act to change the nature of relations between the police and citizens in the country and ensure that police officers who fall short of their responsibilities can be quickly held accountable. The Speaker also said the 9th Assembly appropriated the sum of N500 million through the National Human Rights Commission to compensate victims of police brutality nationwide.
The Speaker said the House also worked to establish, under emergency conditions, a fully functioning care facility in the Federal Capital Territory under the management of the National Centre for Disease Control and intervened to prevent potentially devastating strike action by doctors. “Through the constitutional review process, the House of Representatives sought to restructure our government to make it more effective, reorganise our politics to make it more inclusive, enshrine efficient mechanisms for holding the institutions of state to account and put an end to the debilitating conflicts that even now continue to tear our nation apart.
He however regretted that the 9th Assembly did not succeed in removing some of the constitutional barriers that have long stood in the way of women’s full and unhindered participation in the politics, governance and economy of the nation and urged the 10th House to take up the mantle and do better.
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