By G9ija
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has identified the need for an improvement in the internal nomination process of political parties as far as elections are concerned.
Gbajabiamila stated this on Monday while delivering a paper at the second edition of the Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja.
“We have made improvements to our electoral laws to enable far-reaching reforms to improve the process through which we elect political leaders. Yet, we still need to improve the internal process of nominations within the political parties,” he said, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi.
According to the Speaker, “so many areas of our national life still fall far short of our best aspirations,” including the country’s system of policing and the judiciary, as well as infrastructure and public services.
He said though the amendment of the Police Act 2020 put in place a new system for reporting, investigating, and sanctioning abuses of police power, such incidents still persist across the country.
“Though much has been done, much yet remains to do to deliver our people from the degradations of poverty and lack, protect them from the machinations of criminals and terrorists, and reform our politics and government to better reflect the best of who we are and be more responsive to the obligation to be a catalyst of national development,” he stated.
Gbajabiamila recommended that in the new parliament, the Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of the Legislative Agenda should become a standing committee fully funded to serve as the in-house think tank, policy coordinator, and delivery unit of the House.
