A member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Nanbol Daniel, has advised lawmakers not to rely on constituency funds for development.
He asked lawmakers to seek grants to execute more meaningful projects for the people aside from their constituency allowance.
Daniel gave the advice in an interview with DAILY POST in Jos, the State Capital.
The lawmaker who represents Langtang North-Central Constituency in the State Assembly, said, “Moving forward, if given the opportunity, I will not rely completely on my basket funding.
“Because no matter how beautiful ones ideas are, to be sincere and candid, you need funds to implement and grant is one sure way to do that.
“I searched for grants, I got some grants and I did some things for my people with it”.
The lawmaker who worked with the United Nations before his election said he would also train his constituents on how to get grants themselves and also organise them into groups.
He said with the knowledge, the constituents could pursue things that have to do with agriculture, education and other areas.
“I wanted to go back to UN and I started my preparation and they have already told me to send my last UN number.
“After the series of meetings, they have asked me to stop, so you need to hear your people once in a while.
“Legislature is all about capacity-building and legislature is dynamic, there are other aspects of the legislature that requires a lot of experience for you to fix.
“The Legislature is an institution that requires cumulative experience, unlike executive that the constitution defines a maximum of eight years.
“But for the legislature the constitution allows one to be there even 20 or 30 years, there is a sense in it,” he added.
