Barau Jibrin, the Senate’s deputy president, has underlined the importance of training elected officials in governance practices.
According to a report, Senator Jibrin claimed that the training provided to the members of the 4th National Assembly during the 1999 return to democratic administration was what kept the parliamentarians engaged and active.
The Deputy Senate President made this statement on Wednesday while hosting Lanre Adebayo, the Director General of The Progressives Institute (TPI), and his management team in his office.
He promised that the Senate would back TPI, which was founded by the present All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership, in its mission to teach democracy to young Nigerians.
He claimed that America’s National Democratic Institute had invited the 4th republic’s lawmakers for training, claiming that the program had equipped them to run the country.
I was among those present when the Institute was unveiled. And I’m among many who support and admire this institute and its principles. I’m giving this my all for a number of reasons.
Naturally, one of the causes is that I receive benefits from a comparable organization in a different country. And ever since attending the institute for a training program, I’ve been hoping that Nigeria has a comparable organization.
Thus, I was thrilled to learn that this institute will be joining the All Progressives Congress through the national chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje.
I say this because I was elected to represent my constituency in the Fourth Republic’s House of Representatives approximately 26 years ago.
“The National Democratic Institute of the United States extended an invitation to us. This is a comparable organization that is owned by the US Democratic Party.
That institute made the decision to visit us in order to provide us with thorough instruction on how to enter this nation’s legislature. because there was a gap at the time.
“Our nation lacked a legislative for a considerable amount of time. due to the military’s intervention in our political system at the time. The legislature was so mostly forgotten.
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“The NDI arrived and gave us classroom instruction on how to behave and enter this nation’s legislature. Additionally, we learned a lot from the lessons we received.
“Among the group of lawmakers in this nation, the training we received helped us stand out.” He claimed that the Fourth National Assembly’s lawmakers were extremely numerous.
The lawmaker for the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged Adebayo to provide the institute’s training to members of the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“I am grateful for my position as the ECOWAS Parliament’s first deputy speaker. Therefore, I would also like to implore you to spread your tentacles outside of this nation.
“Aim to get in touch with us. I am aware that our ideologies are different. Within the ECOWAS Parliament, there are two conservative lawmakers. You will be really helpful. “Please reach out to the ECOWAS Parliament with your tentacles,” he said.
According to Adebayo, the institute was founded to enhance the political community’s ability to rule and lead.
