Victor Adaha|25 July 2018
The manifesto of the Speaker of Cross river State House of Assembly who is vying for a higher legislative seat, to represent the good people of Abi/Yakurr at the green chambers of the National Assembly ( House of Representatives) was unveiled at a function in Ugep where Rt Hon John Lebo paid a courtesy visit to the palace of HRH Obol lopon of Ugep.
John Gaul spoke on his manifesto tagged " LEGISLATIVE GOVERNANCE" which he explained to be timely and born out of proper need assessment, he went on to explain, his manifesto will be pivoted on five anchors such as legislative governance, Constituency governance, Constituency development strategy, Constituency intervention initiative and Constituency conversation and engagement strategy.
In his words he further explained "one of the basic reasons why I think I should indicate interest for house of reps, is that in the last twenty years, past governments have done so well in setting up structures, today we have seventy eight primary and fourty two secondary schools, Abi and Yakurr Urban development authorities, two higher institutions( ITM ugep and College of nursing science), two water boards and twenty three primary health care centres across the federal constituency. But the issue is, they are not working as much as they should work".
He added, "ITM ugep, College of nursing science are all creations of legislation, and so it is only the person(institution) who created it that can oversight and make sure it works. Am not promising you I will build new institutions when you send me there, but I assure you, the existing ones will work at its peak. A legislator who brags of only making laws, can't really impact the common man on the street, that is why I am bringing in governance into legislature. I am like a child, I have made mistakes and have learnt from my mistakes".
The paramount ruler of Ugep in his remarks noted that the ties that John Gaul and his people of Adadama/ Itigidi shares with the Ugep people is historic and dates far back 1910, he went on to say "you are not a stranger you are an Ugep man, I know you have been tested and have proven to be qualified for any appointment in Nigeria, your speakership in the state has brought great peace between the executive and legislature, am confident you will do well in the reps, we will support you, the Ugep people will support you".
The council of Ugep chiefs also received him and assured him of their support, the youths and women were not left out as the youth leader Mr George Stephen Ewa, also spoke to newsmen, saying "I promised my youths that this time around, am not going to lead them to a wrong candidate, we have studied John and we are convinced he is the best man for the job". The women also came out in their numbers to prove and show their support, the women's leader Ms Eni reiterated their unflinching support for John Gaul.
A copy of the manifesto made available to newsmen was detailed in the strategies and implementation plans, with due consideration to innovation on how to execute the LEGISLATIVE GOVERNANCE ideology.
Adaha wrote from Ugep
