Gbajabiamila, Abaribe call for paradigm shift from current democratic rule Gbajabiamila, Abaribe call for paradigm shift from current democratic rule Share The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday assured Nigerians and the international community of the 9th Assembly’s resolve to follow due process in the process of enacting Local Government autonomy in the ongoing amendment. Gbajabiamila gave the assurance in Abuja after declaring open the leadership capacity training for Delta State Local Government Councillors, held at the instance of the House Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu. The Speaker who acknowledged that Local Government remains the foundation of democratic governments in Nigeria ideally ought to be the centre of governing activities and governments innovations that serve to improve quality of life for all Nigerian people, however, argued that “the system we have in place now, with an overemphasis on the centralized policy planning and implementation at the federal government level has not served as well.