LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SEEKS IMPROVED COLLABORATION WITH LASRAB
Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Strategy and Security has said that the existing relationship between the legislative arm of the State Government and the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau, LASRAB, would be strengthened for improved service delivery to residents of the State.
This was made known on Thursday when the Assembly Committee members visited LASRAB, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Strategy responsible for record-keeping and archiving of historical materials and artefacts.
The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. David Setonji said that the visit was part of the oversight functions of the House Assembly designed to acquaint the lawmakers with the activities of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government under their supervision.
Setonji acknowledged the very crucial roles being played by LASRAB in the preservation of the State’s artefacts, relics, and other items of historical significance for posterity, research purposes, excursion and transmission of the State’s cultural practices.
The Chairman assured that the House of Assembly would be willing to make case for relevant laws that would further strengthen the operations of the Bureau in the delivery of its establishing mandates.
The Director-General of LASRAB, Mrs Bilikis Adebiyi-Abiola who received the lawmakers alongside other officials of the agency, was elated to welcome members of the State House of Assembly, saying that it was historic that a committee from the House of Assembly would be visiting the Bureau for the first time since its establishment.
She said that the Bureau has metamorphosed through different stages up to its present status of going digital with different archival materials and information dissemination using social media platforms.
Adebiyi-Abiola, on behalf of the entire management of LASRAB, assured the lawmakers of unalloyed support and cooperation going forward on mutually beneficial issues and decisions.
The Director-General with other Heads of Departments and Heads of Units of the agency later took the lawmakers around the agency’s facilities including the mini-museum within the agency, historical artefacts, among others.