About 13 Members of the 7th Adamawa State House of Assembly and their counterparts across 19th commonwealth member countries in Africa are currently attending the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Africa Region, which started early today in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
The annual event which commenced early today, attracted several lawmakers at the National and State Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, as well as other parliamentarians in other member countries will be rounded up tomorrow.
According to reports from the venue of the event in Zanzibar, the 50th CPA has been organised primarily to aid in fostering cooperation in the affected countries as well as enhancing democracy in Africa.
The Deputy Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Pwamwakaino Mackondo( Numan Constituency), led the state legislators who are expected to participate fully in the conference.
The members of the state Assembly who have made it to the conference, pledged to translate/ domesticate what the will acquire at the event for the development of their constituencies and the stateat large.
But in their reactions on the ongoing CPA, cross section of Adamawa citizens wished the state lawmakers fruitful deliberations, and prayed God, to take them back to the state safely.
They appealed to the Honourable Members to effectively make use of the rare opportunity and update themselves with knowledge on legislative business, commending the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, and Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for making it possible for the legislators to attend the event.
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