By Mercy Aikoye
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the Green Chamber would soon amend its rules to allow Nigerians send their petitions via e-platform as this would be done with a view to eliminating bottlenecks and simplifying the legislative dispute resolution mechanism of the House.
Speaking during the commissioning of the digitalized Hearing Room of the House Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the unveiling of PAC News magazine, Speaker Abbas noted the importance of ICT in the operations of the House as encapsulated in its Legislative Agenda.
While commending the Hon. Bamidele Salam-led Public Accounts Committee for the innovations, which he said would go a long way in enhancing the activities of the committee the Speaker therefore, disclosed that the innovation being implemented by PAC would be replicated in the House Committee on Public Petitions, with an amendment to the House Standing Orders with view to giving more and easier access to the public to engage with the legislature with their complaints.
In a welcome address, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Hon. Bamidele Salam, said the newly Digitalized Hearing Room and ‘The PAC News”, a quarterly magazine of the Committee, were part of the activities marking the first anniversary of the 10th House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Abbas Tajudeen.
There were goodwill messages from the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein; the Auditor General for the Federation, Mr. Shaakaa Kanyitor Chira; the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, and the representative of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Miss Amah Iember among others.
