EMULATE GOVERNOR ABIODUN’S EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP STYLE LG BOSS CHARGES LAW MAKERS
The Executive Chairman of Yewa South Local Government, Hon. Lateef Adebayo Salami has charged members of the Legislative Council to at always emulate the good work and exemplary leadership of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun who gave them landslide victory recorded at the last Local Government election in the State.
Hon. Salami who gave the advice during the inauguration ceremony of the seventh Legislative Council of the Local Government at the council’s legislative chamber called on the newly inaugurated law makers to see their new position as a call to duty.
According to him, “It is obvious that the landslide victory recorded during the Local Government election was as a result of the good work and exemplary leadership demonstrated by our amiable and articulate man of the people, Prince Dapo Abiodun which I will urge us to emulate.
“I want to remind you that the victory was a call to duty. All eyes are on us. We are expected to discharge our constitutional roles to the best of our ability. I pray that God in his infinite mercies will grant us the wisdom and zeal to deliver to the expectations of our people who elected us to represent them”.
He urged the councillors to perform their duties diligently and with utmost sincerity with advice that all hands must be on deck to ensure that citizens of the Council area enjoy dividends of democracy.
“This honourable house must, in all ramifications evolve bye laws that will bring succor and development to the life of ordinary citizens of this Local Government. We should endeavor to work in harmony for the improvement of lives of our people, the state and the nation at large”, Hon. Salami posited.
Delivering his acceptance speech, the elected Leader of House, Hon. Talabi Satiu representing Owode Ward 3 assured that under his leadership, the house would be united, imploring members to work in harmony and avoid all forms of rancor and acrimony towards making bye laws that would be beneficial to the people.
“We are here to serve and not to be served. People are watching us and want to see us surpass the achievement of the pass legislatures”.
Other elected principal officers of the house include; Hon. Sunday Olabimtan, Ilaro ward 1 as Deputy leader; Hon. Adeshiyan Olukunle, Ilaro ward 2 as Chief whip, while Hon Ayo Olugbemi of Oke-Odan Ward was elected as Majority Leader.
Floor members of the house include Hon. Monsuru Tijani, Ilaro ward 2; Hon. Semiu Olaifa, Iwoye Ward; Hon. Olubiyi Kazeem, Idogo Ward; Hon. Odebiyi Waliu, Owode 1; Hon. Yinusa Razak, Owode 2; and Hon. Aminat Lawal, Ajilete Ward.
