Eromosele Ebhomele
Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday asked the Executive Secretaries of the 20 Local Government Areas and the 37 Local Council Development Areas of the state to submit their budget for 2016 to the House for approval.
The House is also to commence evaluation of the budget performance of the councils for 2015 after the House approved a motion by the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs Alımı Kazeem Ademola.
The lawmaker had brought the attention of his colleagues to the necessity to approve the budget for the local councils since the Executive Secretaries were not elected but appointed.
As a result, the House is the statutory arm of government to approve the budgets of the 57 councils, according to Alimi.
His argument was supported by his colleagues while Speaker Mudashiru Obasa added that the House should also use the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the transition committees that have been in place in the last one year.
Obasa then asked the joint committees on Local Government and Community Affairs, Budget and Economic Planning as well as Public Accounts (Local) to handle the budget issues with the local councils.
Submit your budget, Lagos Assembly tells council chairmen
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