By Naomi Sharang
The National Women Leader, National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASLAF), Ayoola Fakunle, has sponsored and facilitated a capacity-building programme for female legislative aides.
According to Fakunle, this is part of efforts to improve legislative efficiency and productivity.
Speaking with journalists at the end of the training, she said that she facilitated the capacity building programme considering the critical roles legislative aides play in lawmaking processes and other legislative duties.
Fakunle said that regular training of legislative aides was essential to keep them at par with their counterparts across the globe.
“Legislative aides remain an indispensable component of the legislature. The effectiveness of lawmakers largely depends on the quality of support they receive from their aides.
“The training programme is to enable the aides acquire more knowledge in view of the critical roles they play in lawmaking processes.
“This is to further enhance the knowledge and experience they have acquired over the years,” she said.
Fakunle said that part of the training focused on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), stressing that the global shift towards digital operations makes it imperative for legislative aides to stay technologically relevant.
“As the world continues to embrace digital solutions, we can not afford to be left behind,” she said.
She said that, as a form of encouragement, participants were provided with working materials, including tablets, to support them in the discharge of their official duties.
In a related development, the NASLAF Women Leader also sponsored the payment of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) registration fees for some indigent students in some secondary schools in Kwara.
She said that the gesture was part of her annual commitment to supporting the less privileged and giving back to the community.
While wishing the beneficiaries success in their examinations, Fakunle urged well-meaning Nigerians to continue to support the needy as a way of promoting social development.(NAN)
Edited by Kadiri Abdulrahman
