Law Breakers Or Law Makers In Anambra House Of Assembly?

            

It is no longer news that Anambra lawmakers have their offices in their cars hence their official vehicles currently serve dual purpose of conveying the lawmakers to the legislative complex for house proceedings and for other official duties rather than legislative business.

This is as a result of the fact that the current legislative building is undergoing wear and tear as a visit to the house of assembly complex in Awka will better tell the story of the pathetic state of the hallowed chambers.Most worrisome is the epileptic power supply therein.

Many a time the legislators have been confronted with the stack reality of having their plenary in very suffocating atmosphere due to lack of electricity as  the lawmakers would improvise hand-fans to prevent themselves from being drenched in heat. The situation was the same on the day budget presentation by the state governor Mr.Peter Obi.

On presentation of the 2014 budget by the state governor Mr.Peter Obi during plenary, the session was interrupted by power outage and the rest of  the budget presentation was done under heat and even the state governor was sweating profusely.

To this end, THE UNION spoke to Mr.Clems Ohaekwesi a staff of the state house of assembly complex on the plight of the legislative chambers and he said '' i have been to several house of assembly; take for instance the one at Asaba is a befitting house of assembly but here in Anambra who do you ask when the honourable members who are representing their different constituencies can't even talk....''

Mr.Ohaekwesi maintained that everything was not working in the state house of assembly adding that the structures were dilapidated.'' look at the gate it looks as if you are coming to see a herbalist..' he observed emphasizing that the present state of the legislative chambers doesn't worth it.He however stated that the lawmakers have a lot to do revamp the status of the assembly complex where legislation were made for the state citizenry.

Further more he noted that the lawmakers don't even have offices as their cars were their offices where they kept  files and other vital documents.Mr.Ohaekwesi therefore called on the state government to make more funds available for the upkeep of the state house of assembly complex in 2014 budget currently being implemented.

The house committee chairman on house services and member representing Anaoch 1 state constituency Hon.Ejiofor Ebele Leonard in his reaction to the present condition of the state house of assembly complex told THE UNION that a new house of complex was currently under construction and that the issue of office space for lawmakers will soon be a  thing of the past when the building is completed.

On the erratic power supply, the house committee chairman on house services said that a new generating set was in place to provide alternative source of power but the said machine was malfunctioning due to some electrical problems expressing optimism that the problem will also be rectified soon.

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                                      RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka