A group known as Amuwo Odofin Stakeholders Consultative Forum (AOSCF) has set in motion the process for the immediate recall of Mrs Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, the lawmaker representing the constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The group made this known on Sunday in a statement jointly signed by Mr Kingsley Nwanze, Convener, Amuwo Odofin Intelligentsia, and Mr Gbenga Akinbinu, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Amuwo Odofin Chapter.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Alli-Macaulay had in a video of her address at an October 26 plenary of the House on the looting and violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests said, “We need to begin to orientate our young people. They are high on drugs all the time, most of them.”
The group in the statement stated that Alli-Macaulay made unguided statements which were inciting and callously targeted at Nigerian youths during plenary sessions.
The group, therefore, vowed to commence legal proceedings for the recall of Alli-Macaulay over her comments alleging that most Nigerian youths on social media are always high on drugs.
The statement reads: “This official press statement is in respect of gross misrepresentation of the constituents of Amuwo Odofin Constituency One (1) in Logos State House of Assembly by Mrs. Mojisola Kehinde Alli Macaulay.
“We woke up to see a spiral video where she alleged that Nigerian youths are high on hard drugs. According to her, this action has resulted into the sudden consciousness of Nigerian youths on the social media.
“This statement is not only inciting but also callously targeted at maligning the good intentions of peaceful Nigerian youths in birthing a Nigeria that works in the interest of all her citizens.
“We would like to state emphatically, that we are not in support of destruction of properties by hoodlums. It is on record that Amuwo Odofin youths protected all business premises within the Local Government and they were highly commenced by well-meaning Nigerians including the Executive Chairman of the Local Government Council, Engr (Dr) Valentine Oluwaseyi Buraimoh.
“It is unfortunate that our representative at the Lagos Slate House of Assembly did not have a good grasp of the positive contributions of Amuwo Odofin youths during the crisis that ravaged other parts of Lagos State.
“It is more saddening to hear that our representative is joining a band wagon in regulating the social media space for selfish reasons. Nigerian youths are synonymous with the social media and that has been the only available platform to vent their frustrations and misgivings about government irresponsibility.
“Our representative made attempt to draw comparison with the United Kingdom on mitigating youth unemployment. But unfortunately, she did not mention the several cushioning programs designed by the United Kingdom government to mitigate the challenges resulting from youth unemployment.
“We seize this opportunity to inform the global community and Nigerian populace that our representative has not in any way made attempt to sponsor or support bills aimed at addressing youth unemployment in Logos State.
“The following under listed are the grounds for her immediate recall from the Lagos State House of Assembly:
“She does not have functional constituency office as required by law within the constituency for almost two years in office.
“She has not prepared any bill aimed at improving the lives of her consultants and by extension Logos State.
“Her continuous representation is totally against the wellbeing of her constituents.
“It was widely circulated on major social media platforms that she used COVID-19 palliative items as gifts at her last birthday party.
“She has refused to give her account of stewardship at the Lagos State House of Assembly since she assumed office.
“She has also religiously remained inaccessible since she assumed office.
“These grounds have given impetus to the commencement of legal proceedings in recalling her as our representative at the Lagos State House of Assembly”.