Edo Policy Round Table Holds Its First Policy Dialogue With Speaker, Members of EDHA

By The9jaTrend

The Edo State Policy Round Table has held its first policy dialogue with the Speaker and Members of Edo State House of Assembly. The event which took place at the Conference Room, Centre for Excellence and Reproductive Health  Innovations was attended by residence  and citizens within and outside Edo State.

Before the commencement of the day's event, the Speaker, Edo House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun and his entourage were led on a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of the host University of Benin, Prof. Lillian Salami, by Prof. Okonofua and the Founder and President of Edo Policy Round Table, Dr. Francis Ilenloa Igberaese.

At the dialogue, chaired by Prof. Okonofua, the President, Dr. Igberaese said that it was an innovation into governance and geared towards ensuring policies formulation and execution that are antidotes to both artificial and natural disadvantaged destinies of the state, as well as enthroning the "golden rule of accumulation" of doing for the next generation what we wish the past generation had done unto the present generation.

He stressed that the Edo Policy Round Table will make private bills in each of the three areas of the focus of the dialogue; Education, Health and the Economy that would ensure that incomes are transfered from the rich segments to the poor segments of the society.

"Our concern is to create an egalitarian society where there will be equal opportunity for all citizen, to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future", Dr. Igberaese said.

Participations was very high, with participants expressed thought provoking views on what they believe are the critical areas of attention.

Responding, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun, Speaker Edo State House of Asembly said that he was thrilled that such a dialogue could happen. 

"I was particularly happy that this is coming from the scademics, which means the recommendations and outputs of researches will now be available to government," he said.

While eulogizing the organizers, the EDHA Speaker promised that the House would give a speedy attention to all outcomes of the technical committees of the Round Table.