Lagos State government has been called upon to intensify non-kinetic approaches to address the issue of insecurity within the state.

This was one of the submissions by participants at the two-day 19th Executive-legislative parley themed ‘Equal Participation In Governance: Highlighting the Importance of Collaboration in Achieving the Present Administration’s Themes ++ Agenda’.

A communiqué signed at the end of the parley by the Special Adviser, Office of Political, Legislative and Civic Engagement, Dr. Afolabi Abiodun Tajudeen, maintained that part of the objectives of the forum was to promote effective collaboration between the executive, legislative and judicial arms of government to address challenges affecting governance and implementation of policies.

Participants at the event included members of the Lagos State Executive Council; members of the National Assembly representing Lagos State; members of the Lagos State House of Assembly; members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC); party leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC); chairmen of local councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and top government officials.

They resolved that the three arms of government should deepen their harmonious working relationship through collaboration, cooperation, coordination, communication and consensus.

The participants also stated that there is a need to ensure structured engagement between the state government and party structures to bring about inclusion of grassroots participatory decision-making and shared-growth.

The parley also stated that the party and government should develop stronger synergy to strengthen mechanisms that will bring party cohesion and facilitate success in the 2027 elections.

Other resolutions are: “The executive must ensure the practice of early engagement with the legislature on appropriation process (budget); the executive must continue its culture of robust engagements with the legislature on its proposed policies; the three arms of government should promote unified direction to reduce duplication, inefficiency and improve communication to enhance development.

“For the legislature, (state and national) only candidates who can coherently articulate the views and plans of the party should be endorsed; there should be an institutionalised quarterly meeting of the executive; members of the National Assembly representing Lagos State and members of the Lagos State House of Assembly to review national level engagements, align priorities, performance and chart a way forward; the executive/legislative parley should be restructured to facilitate close-door discussion of the various political organs – the three arms of government, the party, state and national legislators and GAC.”