Nigeria is a democratic country with three major branches of government: the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. The legislative branch, known as the National Assembly at the Federal Level and House of Assembly at States level serves significant functions including lawmaking, oversight functions, representation of the interests of the masses via effective checks and balances, policy initiatives, budgeting, and control, among others. Even though their responsibilities differ from other elected officials, the electorates also expects them to be accountable.
As we celebrate 100 days of our law makers in the green Chamber , only few of them started work in their constituencies. While many of them attain little achievements throughout the tenure, Hon. Ali Isa JC delivered tremendous dividends of democracy in just 100 days in office. He represents Balanga/Billiri with highest capacity committing to the service dedicating himself to strengthening community connections, promoting transparency for the interests of his constituents. Since his first day, he has been planning to provide essential resources to support community projects.
Being the minority whip in the10th assembly, Dr Ali JC has made significant moves in addressing the needs of his constituents as soon as he entered the green chamber.
He accomplished many things in just hundred days. One of the accomplishments is the empowering of over five thousand with ATMs in which each person would receives 20,000 monthly. This event has triggered reactions as the first of its kind in Gombe State.
Secondly, he had distributed solar street lights in various wards of Balanga and Billiri local government areas; BILLIRI, BAM-BAM, CHAM, TAKSIR, YOLDE, NYUWAR, JESSU, YADI, PUTOKI (DEGRI), TALASSE, and SWA, were among the beneficiaries.
In his efforts address unemployment, Hon. J.C has managed to turn the word “impossible” into “I’m possible” by securing jobs to many young men and women in various ministries. Some of the appointments secured are: Five in Road Safety; one lecturer at Federal College Of Education (FCE, Gombe) etc.
Notwithstanding his supports in other part of human development, he also touch health sector as he provides hospital beds, a solar power system and a standby generator in Cham’s newly expanded seventy-bed capacity ward. He proceeded to contribute in education sector whereby Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Tiksir and
AIbinola Government School Billiri, acquired a well-equipped ICT Center to help students learn computer skills and digitalized the schools.
Hon. Ali Isa JC has proved that he is a leader who truly cares about the well-being of his constituents. And there is no doubt his dedication cum passion for humanity set a good example for others to follow.
In his efforts to built a strong relationship with constituents to ensure effective communication and run all-inclusive representation, he appointed twenty Personal Assistants (P.As) and two Special Assistants (S.As) to serve as Local government aides, and four zonal Special Assistants (S.A). They are all expected to help him stay connected with the community in order to represent his people effectively.
Furthermore, Ali Isa JC recognizes the importance of collaboration in decision-making process. Therefore , he seeks advice from party stakeholders, community leaders, organizations, and religious leaders to ensure no body is left behind aiming to make more balanced decisions that will benefit indigenes of Balanga and Billiri.
To justify his all-inclusiveness, he has established a 12-man Constituency Monitoring Committee that will play a crucial role in monitoring and evaluating the progress of projects and initiatives in the constituency.
This committee will help ensure that resources are being utilized efficiently and the needs of the community are being met.
There is also 9-man Constituency Advisory Committee that will act as a platform for open dialogue and consultations.
Summarily, Ali JC has proved his rivals wrong with his performance in his first 100 days as many of his colleagues in Gombe State are trying to emulate his leadership styles. He has shown that his people made a decision by voting him as their member house of representatives.
It is now visible for everyone, JC would perform better than his predecessors.
Young Doctor Writes from Gombe, youngdr81@gmail.com
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