Withdraw unconfirmed appointments, Lagos Lawmakers tell Sanwo-Olu

…pushes for LG autonomy

By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Ogechukwu Ibegbunam

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly person called connected the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to nonstop the Head of Service, HoS, Mr. Bode Agoro, to retreat letters of assignment issued to heads of agencies who assumed bureau without legislative confirmation.

The lawmakers besides insisted that the State Accountant-General should henceforth halt the outgo of the salaries and allowances of affected appointees.

In the aforesaid vein, the House had summoned the HoS to look earlier the House to explicate wherefore immoderate appointees were allowed to presume duties without the Assembly’s statutory approval.

Raising the question connected the level of the House, a subordinate representing Ajeromi Ifelodun 1, Mr. Lukman Olumoh, lamented that agencies whose heads were not screened often defy oversight, sometimes claiming they are not nether the Assembly’s supervision. He noted that immoderate MDAs were operating illegally without legislative confirmation of their leaders.

Supporting the motion, his counterpart, Mr. Stephen Ogundipe, representing Oshodi/Isolo 1, said anyone seeking nationalist bureau indispensable beryllium acceptable for legislative scrutiny. He added that the confirmation process not lone helps to measure competence but besides ensures transparency successful governance.

Reacting, the Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, expressed displeasure that the substance had go a recurring issue, stressing that it was incorrect for the enforcement to disregard legislative authority.

According to him, “It is unnecessary for the Head of Service to proceed to disregard the directive of the House of Assembly. The House allocates funds to these agencies, yet their heads dainty the Assembly with disrespect,” helium said.

In the aforesaid vein, the House has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to nonstop the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Rural Development to make a model for autarkic financing of section authorities legislatures.

The Assembly besides called connected the politician to enactment assembly autonomy and guarantee capacity-building grooming for councilors connected fiscal management.

The solution followed a question sponsored by a lawmaker representing Kosofe 1, Mr. Sani Okanlawon, who emphasized the request for fiscal independency of councilors to fortify grassroots ideology and governance.

Supporting the motion, the Speaker, Obasa expressed interest implicit erstwhile assembly chairmen allegedly retaining fiscal power successful immoderate councils done Council Managers and Treasurers who stay signatories to accounts adjacent aft enactment transitions. He called for stakeholders to beryllium summoned to close the anomaly.

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