Hon. Nureni Ayinde Akinsanya popularly known as OSMAK, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Mushin Constituency 1 has in no doubt been in the public glare recently in his constituency as he seeks the support of his people to return to the House for the second term after winning the primaries of the All Progressive Congress a few months ago.
There have however been stumbling blocks from some quarters to achieving his aim.
This piece, with all sense of objectivity, tries to analyze some of the complaints being raised by some people.
The major criteria for electing people to represent them is the trust the people have in such individuals, at least in his/her first term while performance is the measurement to support such for the other terms.
This piece is not meant to praise or eulogize the person in question but to throw some light into what the people may perceive as his unfulfilled responsibility.
While this writer is not holding a brief for him, it is very important to set aside what should be his responsibility as a representative of the people in the House of Assembly.
More often than not, people ask the question, “What have you done for us to make you think we should vote for you?”
It is the right of the people to do so because their votes were the vehicle the political officeholders rode to their offices.
It is worthy of note that Hon. Nureni Ayinde Akinsanya has done his best as a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
While the public juxtaposes the executive role with that of the legislative, it is important that they realize that the legislators are limited to making laws, and performing the oversight function to see that projects are adequately executed by the executive while the executive executes projects for the people.
These two roles are often confused by the public to be the same, hence measurement and evaluation are based on them.
The other important thing is human relations.
While it is very important to have good personal relationships with people, the role of individual differences plays a very great part in our dealings with people.
While answering questions in his engagement with some youth in his constituency where this writer was a witness, he was asked why he often pulls a strong face, he however stated that it was his physique and nature that give that impression.
“We all have our shortcoming and weaknesses, those strong face you see is as soft as silk, ” Adesanya added jokingly.
He promised to improve his human relation if elected for the second term.
His achievements in the past four years or thereabouts are:
√ Co-sponsoring Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Bill in the year 2020.
√ Cooperative Societies Law.
√ Lagos State Public Procurement Agency Bill in 2021.
√ Victim Assistance and Witness Protection Bill,2021.
√ Lagos State Government Staff Housing Board Bill,2021.
√ Lagos State Data Protection Bill,2021.
√ Lagos State University of Science and Technology Bill, 2021.
Apart from this, he has been involved in oversight functions and moved the motion aimed at curbing incessant building collapse in Lagos State.
Hon. Akinsanya has facilitated some projects for his constituency from the state.
Hon. Akinsanya has also empowered his constituent with mini busses (Korope) to support their families and provided boreholes to some Communities with generating sets.
He has also distributed free UTME JAMB to deserving students in the constituency.
For lovers of sports, Hon. Akinsanya organized an unprecedented football competition among the wards to discover talents among the youth of the constituency and promote love and unity among them.
As we prepare for the governorship and state Assembly election, we all must join hands to vote for Hon. Nureni Ayinde Akinsanya to represent us once again.
While he has acknowledged his shortcomings and promised to improve upon them, let’s give him another chance to be our representative once again.
*The Volunteers Media*
