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By John Ogunsemore
A member of the House of Representatives for Ondo State’s Oke-Igbo/Ile-Oluji/Odigbo federal constituency, Hon Festus Adefiranye, has lamented “too much demands” being made on lawmakers by constituents.
He said lawmakers cannot cope with these demands, urging the constituents to be considerate.
Adefiranye, who was in the Ondo State House of Assembly from 2019 to 2023, spoke In an interview with Premium Times.
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Asked how he copes with constituents’ demands, Adefiranye said, “The question you have asked now is the headache of many lawmakers. People cannot distinguish between the executive and the legislature.
“They believe everybody must get money, and honestly, our statutory responsibility is to make laws.
“What is happening here is worse than my experience at the state assembly simply because I am in charge of a federal constituency. You know, the demand, there is no way, it is just too much.
“I don’t turn off my phone. Although the calls are just too many and even come at odd hours, I try as much as I can to listen to them and do the best I can within the limit of the resources at my disposal.
“But I must also add that our constituents should try and be considerate when they call us.
“The issue of request, that one there is nothing you can do to that because you have a lot of requests.
“People in the hospital, people who want to pay school fees, house rents, marriages, the wife wants to give birth, a naming ceremony, a lot.”
