By The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mojisola Alli-Macaulay has urged the youth to get involved in the decision making process.
Alli-Macaulay stated this while addressing some youths from her constituency on Thursday at the Lagos State House of Assembly conference room, Alausa, Ikeja.
She encouraged them to partake in the ongoing membership registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and take very good advantage of the “Not Too Young To Run” bill, saying they should look out for the opportunity to serve and make impact.
She also stressed that many people misunderstand the roles of lawmakers as against what the executive does.
Alli-Macaulay revealed with facts that she had actually done many projects for her constituents, but that as a lawmaker, her job description is to deliberate on the problems of the people and make laws, adding that it was not her job to build roads.
She revealed that she had done many borehole projects in Amuwo Odofin from her income and empowered a lot of people as she pulled out the records.
Reacting to the allegation that she said “The youth are high on drugs” at plenary few months back, Alli-Macaulay explained that everything discussed in the Assembly is usually based on an order paper, adding that issue discussed on the said day was on the order paper for that day – which was the unrest in the nation at the time, that led to the destruction of state property by hoodlums.
“I was the 38th person that spoke that day. That was when I made my own suggestion, expressing my discontent and also wondering how things had escalated to that point and that carnage was a taboo in the state,” the lawmaker stated.
“I never mentioned Amuwo Odofin in my statement. In my statement I said the parents should also be blamed for some of these things as it is their duty to train up a child because the family is the smallest unit of a Nation. We were talking about hoodlums at the time not Nigerian youths.
“They burnt several places in the state even those of Lagos State Public Works (LSPW) – the same organization meant to carry out public works in the state including amuwo odofin – When I called them to help me do some things in Amuwo Odofin, they said they had no equipment due to the destruction.
“If I had said something out of place, the Speaker would have called me to order. I also said that the National Population Commission (NPC) should do another population census so that we could have an accurate data base to tackle certain issues in the nation because with data, a lot of these issues bothering the youth can be addressed.”
