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The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Mr. Timothy Owoeye has described agitation for financial autonomy of the state Legislature as a weapon to curb the excesses of Executive arm of government.
Mr. Owoeye who stated this during the plenary at the State House of Assembly, Osogbo, frowned at the non implementation of the financial autonomy by the Executive arm of government as contained in the Constitution section 121 (3) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He noted that the issue of financial autonomy had been a national issue since 2018, stressing that the financial autonomy for legislature is a way to liberate Houses of Assembly financially.
Reading the Policy Trust of the Bill, the Majority Leader, Mr. Maruf Olanrewaju enumerated benefits of the bill to include provision of legal framework for various committees and improve legislative workers Welfare’s.
In their various comments, the Lawmakers noted that the bill if passed into law would enhance every activity of the House of Assembly positively and less dependent on the Executive arm of government.
They maintained that the Bill would allow House of Assembly to be more focus on their constitutionally assignments adding that the Bill would deepen democracy and enable each arm of government to run it’s affairs independently.
The Bill scale through the second reading after the motion moved by Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Maruf Olanrewaju and seconded by member representing Ayedire State Constituency, Mr. Gbenga Ogunkanmi.
FUNMI ADEKOYA