By Donald Iorchir
Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), FCT chapter, in conjunction with the International Republican Institute (IRI), recently trained elected chairmen, vice-chairmen and councillors on capacity building for the six area councils.
The one-day workshop which was organised for the elected area council executives and legislators held at Gwagwalada Area Council, was aimed at equipping them with leadership skills to enable them to carry out their constituents along.
In his opening remarks, the chairman, FCT chapter of IPAC, Mr. Abe Fisayo Makanjuola, said the workshop was organised to enhance the capacity building of the executives and legislators at the local government level and to understand their constituents.
He said IPAC had a common goal with political parties and “I want all the registered political parties in the FCT to join IPAC so that we can work together as a better democratic nation.”
Abe charged the participants not to forget their constituents that voted them into office, after the training, but instead related with them.
Also speaking, the IRI Programmes Officer, Mr. Emeka Diru, said the workshop was designed to train the executives and legislators of the area councils on ways of resolving conflicts, and how to set up mechanisms in solving conflicts among themselves.
According to him, this is the first time they are holding this type of workshop at the local government level, and that it is all about governance at the local level.
Speaking to Blueprint, the APGA FCT state secretary and vice-chairman, IPAC, in the FCT, Engr. Stanley Agwara, said his party would surely execute projects in Gwagwalada area council where the party won, “in the area of education and scholarship programme, primary health care and general health provision, community development, micro-credit and loan facilities, social assistance to the people especially the downtrodden in the society.”
Earlier, the speaker, Kuje legislative arm, Hon. Samson G. Waziri, said they would try to serve well and leave a good legacy after their tenures.
