ONE YEAR IN OFFICE: Deputy Speaker Lami Assures Constituents of Her Dedication and Commitment to Their Interests

By Onwe Wisdom

…congratulates Speaker Dajoh, colleagues on successful one year in office

… thank her constituents for continued support

The Deputy Speaker, Benue State House of Assembly, Chief Hon. Mrs. Lami Danladi Ogenyi has reaffirmed her dedication and commitment to ensuring that the interest of her Constituents form the bastion upon which her Legislatives engagements is anchored on. Said, as a Legislature, she will continue to champion a people driven legislation that will empower and bring development to her constituents and Benue people generally.

She gave the assurance in a press statement e-signed by her Press Secretary,Agbaji Samuel Atsonwu.

The Deputy Speaker while thanking  God for granting her the grace to serve the people of her constituency and Benue state as a whole congratulates her boss, the Honourable Speaker of the state’s 10th Assembly, Chief Hon. Aondona Dajoh, Principal Officers and all her honourable colleagues for a successful one year in office as Benue State lawmakers.

Similarly, Hon. Lami  appreciates His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormen Alia Ph.D, the Executive Governor of Benue for his unfailing support and for making the work of the legislature easy.

The Deputy Speaker unequivocally thank the people of her Constituency for their unalloyed support, love and prayers before, during and after the election that saw her through all processes to become the epoch making Deputy Speaker of the Benue State 10th Assembly and in a special way  appreciates the elder state men, APC LG stakeholders, the party leadership, party faithfuls, women, youths, Student Unions, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Ado wing, various support groups and every  constituent on whose mandate she is serving as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

In her message of appreciation to her constituents, Chief Lami says that their continued support has being phenomenal in her Legislative journey as their direct representative and the Deputy Speaker,  adding that her job has being very easy because of the love, moral support and prayers she enjoys from them.

Accounting for the  stewardship of the House within this first one year in office, the Deputy Speaker notes that the House under the leadership of the Speaker, Hon. Dajoh and her humble self has recorded a landmark Legislative strides, receiving a record breaking twenty seven (27) BILLS, out of which Eighteen (18) have been passed into law, leaving Six(6) in Committees while three (3) are pending.

Furthermore, the House has also conclusively debated on seventeen (17) Reports out of twenty (20) received. Similarly, fifty-two (52) Substantive motions were received and deliberated on by the House , with ninety-five (95) major Resolutions adopted.

The House also received nine (9). Major communications including request to confirm 17 mommies as Commissioners in the state Executive Council, 23 nominees for appointment as Chairmen, Local government Caretaker Committee and to approve the medium Term Expenditure Framework (2024-2026) as the1999 constitution of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria (as amended), empowers the state legislature.

Reaffirming her dedication and commitment to serving her Constituents in fairness and in truth, Chief Lami says her mission at the Assembly is to ensure that the interest of her people is always represented at all times.