Agenda Four: Constituency Command Townhalls: Government That Comes To You!
By Emeka Ozumba
The greatest complaint about legislators across Nigeria is not just that they fail to deliver projects, it is that they disappear. They win the election, move to the state capital, and the constituency only sees them again when the next campaign begins. I’m making a binding personal commitment against that tradition. I will maintain a visible, staffed, functional constituency office. I will come to my wards regularly and consistently. I will be present not only when it is convenient, but when it matters most.
I will establish and maintain a permanent constituency office in Enugwu-Ukwu, staffed with a full-time coordinator whose job is to receive complaints, track petitions, connect constituents to government agencies, and keep records of every community request made to the lawmaker’s office. The office will operate on a published schedule; not one that is announced and then abandoned.
I will hold a minimum of two formal constituency town hall meetings per year; one mid-year and one at year-end, rotating the venue across Enugwu-Ukwu, Nawfia, and Enugwu-Agidi, so that no single community bears the burden of always travelling. These will not be campaign-style rallies. They will be structured accountability sessions where i presents what has been done, what is in progress, and what has not yet been achieved and opens the floor for community questions and new submissions.
Between town halls, ward representatives will feed information upward to the constituency office, and I will maintain an open community WhatsApp group and a simple online feedback form where any constituent can submit a concern, ask a question, or report a problem with a guaranteed response within seven working days.
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