The Lagos State Government has organised a two-day capacity building Workshop for 376 councilors across the 57 councils of the state.
In a statement yesterday, Mr. Adebayo Kehinde, an Assistant Director at the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, said the workshop is part of efforts of the state government in ensuring that councilors are equipped with requisite skills to perform their legislative functions.
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He said the event which commenced on November 7 at Odeya Centre, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos is what he called, a strategic effort of the Ministry geared towards aligning councilors with the “T.H.E.M.E.S.” Agenda of the administration of the state governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to cascade these policies to the grassroots, thereby engendering social and infrastructural development at the grassroots.
The workshop, which had speakers engage the councilors on conversations around VUCA Public Service, Training and Certification on the Legislative Process, Process of Making Laws in Nigeria and other valid issues, had in attendance the Commissioner for Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Mr. Bolaji Kayode Robert.
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