Kogi Speaker Tasks Standing Committees On Budgetary Compliance By Executive

Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly,  Aliyu Umar Yusuf, has charged chairmen and members of House Standing Committees to absorption connected their oversight functions with a presumption to ensuring that expenditures are wrong the scope of the approved fund by the House.

The talker who gave the complaint portion welcoming members from their yearly recess, stressed that the 8th Assembly indispensable proceed to basal arsenic a beacon of service, accountability, and progress.

Speaking further helium said “On this note, I question the practice of heads of MDAs successful the authorities and their unit with House Committees to guarantee a robust Legislative-Executive narration that volition prolong mutuality and beforehand maturation and improvement of Kogi State.

“Colleagues, arsenic we reconvene, I telephone connected each of america to proceed to enactment the interests of our radical supra each else. Let america perpetrate ourselves afresh to the work of our constituents.

“Our work is to enactment unneurotic to marque laws that amended the lives of the people, supply beardown representation, and guarantee effectual oversight of the executive.

“In this regard, I indispensable commend the Executive Arm of Government nether the enactment of His Excellency, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. His continuous implementation of people-oriented policies has strengthened governance and made our party, the APC, much charismatic to the radical of Kogi State.

We indispensable proceed to collaborate with the Executive for the maturation and advancement of our state.

“To my colleagues, I convey you for your dedication to prime oversight, which has kept ministries, departments, and agencies accountable to the radical of Kogi State.

“On my part, I pledge to stay committed to the unity, stability, and advancement of this Assembly. I volition not fto you down, and I volition not fto the radical of Kogi State down.

“I besides impulse america each to rotation up our sleeves and make innovative ideas and legislative frameworks that volition signifier policies for bully governance successful Kogi State.”

Thereafter, the talker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon.Aliyu Umar, supervised the swearing successful of the recently elected member, representing Okura authorities constituency successful Dekina section authorities country of the state, Hon. Hassan Shado of the All Progressives Congress, (APC)

The caller subordinate replaced Late Enema Paul, a erstwhile lawman talker of the Assembly, who died past twelvemonth aft a little illness.

The State Assembly aboriginal this twelvemonth had declared vacant,  the Okura authorities constituency spot successful the Assembly via a missive to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).

Hon. Shado had  emerged victor of the predetermination held connected 17th August , 2025 and was returned elected.

Speaking soon aft the swearing successful Hon.Shado promised to springiness his constituency, effectual and capable representation, by initiating bills that volition heighten the payment of his people.