Osun State House of Assembly Launches Parliamentary Website

On Wednesday, Timothy Owoeye, the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, launched a website where people could access details about the legislature and the proceedings at the plenary.

Owoeye, while speaking during the formal inauguration of the platform held on the premises of the House of Assembly in Osogbo, harped on the importance of the facility being a critical tool to improve the interaction between the lawmakers and their constituents.

Additionally, he said that the platform would help legislators carry out their duties more effectively and efficiently. He also urged young people in the state to become interested in politics and take part in the democratic process.

He said, “Of all the items listed on the 7th Assembly legislative agenda, it is the e-parliament that is pivotal to all others. A functional e-parliament enables clusters
and dwellers living in rural areas to gain better access to their legislators.

“Citizens, who by unconventional design are cut off from political debate, are provided the opportunity to form their own opinions, as well as participate. In this regard, e-parliament facilitates healthy constituent representative relationships by helping the parliament to be more responsive to the interests and diverse views of their constituencies in a democratic state.”

Speaking on behalf of Kimpact Development Initiative, the facilitator in charge of the Osun Assembly’s e-parliament, Mr. Oluwafemi Adebayo, said the facility would promote citizen, legislator’s interaction.