By Precious Oluwole

Following the expiration of the executives of the Southwest Legislature Reform Implementation Committee (SLRIC) led by the Former Lagos State House of Assembly Majority leader, Hon. Oyeniran Agunbiade, the majority leader of Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Oluwole Emmanuel Ogunmolasuyi has been inaugurated as the new Chairman of the forum.

Ogunmolasuyi who was inaugurated alongside other executives at the inaugural meeting of the 10th Assembly for majority leaders in the Southwest region would pilot the affairs of the forum for the next 4 years.

Declaring the event open, the speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji congratulated them all for a successful election and inauguration in their various Assemblies.

Speaking through the deputy speaker, Rt. Hon. Abayomi Akinruntan, he said “I will like to state that the committee should ensure that a platform be created for effective service delivery as regards oversight which will, enhance the level of legislative Compliance among the Southwest Houses of Assembly”.

While wishing the majority leaders a successful deliberation, he thanked them for putting up the forum and committed to it.

In his welcome address, the Ondo State House of Assembly Majority leader, Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi said that the gathering was aimed at deliberating on ways to further improve legislative proceeding in the Southwest State Houses of Assembly.

He added that the meeting will continue to serve as a rally point for all Southwest Majority Leaders of the 10th Assembly which are meant to discuss issues affecting various Houses of Assembly and advance ideas that will help all Majority Leaders to stabilize their various Assemblies.

He stressed that the acceptance of the State House of Assembly to host this meeting is part of the lined up activities to encourage developmental processes and structures to strengthen South West Legislative Reform implementation Committee.

“The outcome of the inaugural meeting will lay the foundation upon which the 10th Assembly will build on”.

In his acceptance speech, he expressed his delightedness to accept the appointment as the new chairman of the forum, describing it as a great honor for him and the entire members of the Ondo State House of Assembly.

He also appreciated the former chairman of the forum and other majority leaders for the good works they did while in the Committee.

He said “the Forum under my leadership will strive to do better than the past and ensure that all the objectives which it stands for shall be uphold. Not only that, we shall also ensure that the platforms which will better the lot of South West Houses of Assembly are created thereby making us the cynosure of eyes amongst all the regions in Nigeria”.