03/03/2026
I SALUTE THE PRESIDENT FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA TO MEET ALL COUNCILLORS, THIS IS A VERY PROGRESSIVE MOVE AND SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.
MY SUGGESTION IIS THAT AS A COUNTRY , IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS NEED TO SET UP AN INTER-COUNCIL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WHICH SHOULD MEET TWICE OR THREE TIMES IN A YEAR IN ORDER TO ACT AS A STRONG PLATFORM/ORGAN FOR PROPER CORDINATION, KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NATIONAL PLANNING PURPOSES.
THIS PLATFROM SHOULD ACT AS A LOWER ORGAN TO FORMULATE POICIES, NATIONAL DEVE.OPMENT PLANS etc WHICH SHOULD THEN BE PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT FOR FURTHER STUDY AND CONSIDERATION. COUNCILLORS BEING THE GRASSROOTS, THEY UNDERSTANDS THEIR COMMUNITIES VERY WELL AND THEY ARE THE BEST TO INITIATE AND FORMULATE DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS FORDELEBERATION AND CONSIDERATION TO BE INPUT INTO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN/STRATEGY.
AT THE MOMENT, THE LOCAL AUTHORITY SYSTEM IS NOT WELL CORDINATED AND MORE LESS DISCONNECTED FROM BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE SHOULD BE A STRONG LINK BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ORDER TO IGNITE ACCERELATED NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL AGENDA.
I SUBMIT