{"id":8933,"date":"2024-04-22T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/?page_id=8933"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:01:15","slug":"role-of-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/role-of-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Any eligible voter can run as a candidate for election to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Members generally serve in government or in opposition and act in agreement with party policy, although membership in a political party is not an official requirement of elected office. If a member changes parties or chooses to sit as an independent, he or she is not required to resign.<\/p>

Members are elected to represent the specific interests of their constituents but are also representatives of the their local government\u00a0and must consider their\u00a0needs as a whole. Whatever their political outlook, and regardless of which side of the Assembly they sit on, members\u2019 duties and obligations are considerable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Lagos State House of Assembly was created to provide certain services for the good of Lagosians. Each service has various standards that must be met; for example, whenever the appropriation of a bill is passed on to the house they must ensure that estimates are critically analysed and resources are distributed in such a way those in need are put in priority. They must also ensure that the money budgeted is efficiently utilized judiciously as intended. When it comes to law making, the House of Assembly must ensure the laws are passed with the positive interest of Lagosians at heart. The laws must also be practical and implementable over a long period of time.\u00a0In the case of legitimizing of a political candidate for office the House of Assembly must pick an individual who is well qualified and possesses the skills needed for the position. Members of the public are allowed to express their opinions of this candidate in the House of Assembly form petitions and all these petitions must be read and put into consideration before appointing the candidate for a public office. When members of the public send in petitions to the House of Assembly regarding various issues, the Committee Secretary of the House of Assembly is given a 48-hour limit to respond to these petitions leaving behind his name, position and contact information. Formal petitions will receive responses within two weeks of the day it was issued.<\/p>

The House of Assembly recognizes that every Lagosian has the right to peacefully protest, therefore part of the House of Assembly’s responsibility is to ensure that the citizens’ rights are protected. Furthermore the House of Assembly is entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the activities of ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s), through committees. These committees conduct semi-annually and annually inspections on the books of MDA’s in order to ensure they are complying with the rules and laws that have been put in place; any defiance of the law is punished accordingly. Lastly, another service they provide is publication of hanzards, these are word for word reports of the proceedings in the House of Assembly and they are made available to the general public for a fixed fee.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Due to their knowledge of services offered by various levels of government and community groups, members are uniquely qualified to help constituents resolve their problems.\u00a0<\/p>

Members need excellent interpersonal skills to understand and defend their constituents\u2019 interests. They may need the skills of a social worker to effectively solve constituents\u2019 pressing personal problems. Members often act as a mediator to resolve a clash of interests within their constituencies or between their constituents and other groups. They may have to advocate on behalf of the community or explain the provisions and effects of proposed legislation. They are often called upon to play a public role during local events and ceremonial occasions.\u00a0<\/p>

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In line with Section 105 of the Constitution of Nigeria, the life of an Assembly is four (4) years commencing from the date of the first sitting of the House.\u00a0Section 109 (1) however states the conditions that could make a Member vacate his\/her seat in the House as follows:<\/p>

  • If he becomes a Member of another legislative House;<\/li>
  • Ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;<\/li>
  • Becomes a Member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which he was elected. However, such member may not vacate his seat in the House if his\/her movement to another is sequel to a division in the political party which he was previously a member or merging of the party with another party by one of which he was previously sponsored; and<\/li>
  • He is recalled by his constituents for lack of confidence.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    An aspirant who wishes to become a member of Lagos State House of Assembly must meet all the requirements below:<\/p>

    1. Be a citizen of Nigeria;<\/li>
    2. Attain the age of thirty years;<\/li>
    3. Has been educated up to at least school certificate level or its equivalent;<\/li>
    4. Is a member of a political party and is sponsored;<\/li>
    5. Devoid of any criminal record, and<\/li>
    6. Has to win in an election for the House of Assembly.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Role of Members Any eligible voter can run as a candidate for election to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Members generally serve in government or in opposition and act in agreement with party policy, although membership in a political party is not an official requirement of elected office. If a member changes parties or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoshouseofassembly.gov.ng\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}