Anambra Assembly Speaker, Barrister Maduagwu Extols Legislative Institutions in the Country.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Barrister Rita Maduagwu says Nigeria’s Legislative institutions have remained resolute in shaping the country’s democracy and promoting good governance across the country.

Speaking to newsmen in Lagos shortly after the 2018 Quarter Conference of state legislatures in Nigeria, Barrister Maduagwu noted that the legislature has through the process of law making facilitated enormous development in various parts of the country and enhanced the collective wellbeing of the masses.

The speaker whose position as the South-East Chairman of the conference of speakers in Nigeria was reconfirmed during the conference, expressed satisfaction that the Houses of Assembly in the South-East Zone have continued to work harmoniously in advocating the needs of the zone especially on rehabilitation of federal roads and other infrastructural projects in the area, federal appointments to Ndigbo and internal security of the zone.

She said that the conference among other resolutions called on the federal government to direct relevant government agencies to ensure prompt implementation of the new constitutional provision granting financial autonomy to state legislatures.