“I use this medium to challenge the governor, the Finance Commissioner and the Accountant General of the state to prove that we have been collecting N800 million per month since the onset of this administration. Thank God the governor is before us here today; so also, is the Finance commissioner sitting in this hallowed chamber. I likewise challenge the faceless group to prove that this Assembly has been collecting N800 million per month as alleged”
Admin l Tuesday, Feb. 05, 2019
LAGOS, Nigeria – Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly(LAHA), Hon. Mudasiru Obasa today challenged the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, Accountant General of the State, Mrs. Abimbola Shukrat Umar and Chairman, Legislative Probity and Accountability (LPA) Olu Fajana to show proof that the house collects N800 million montly as running cost.
The speaker made the challenge during the budget presentation of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to LAHA. He said fallout of the budget brawl has led to series of negative publications both on social media and in the print media which he said were sponsored by Olu Fajana.
“This started immediately the misunderstanding between the Executive and Legislative came up in respect of the Y2019 budget; which means that such could not be ruled out to have emanated from the Executive. A section of the media has even been mischievously misled into sensationally writing all manners of write-ups against this assembly.
“Some of our friends in the media are personalizing the issue thereby misinforming the public. The fact of the matter is that the issue is between one arm of government and another. What was at stake then was nothing but the matter of appropriation”, he said.
He said it is unfortunate that no one from the Executive has risen to refute the baseless allegations.
“Since no one has come up to address this, it is incumbent on us then to come forward and debunk the allegations. As such, I use this medium to challenge the governor, the Finance Commissioner and the Accountant General of the state to prove that we have been collecting N800 million per month since the onset of this administration. Thank God the governor is before us here today; so also, is the Finance commissioner sitting in this hallowed chamber. I likewise challenge the faceless group to prove that this Assembly has been collecting N800 million per month as alleged”, he said.
He said the monthly running cost of the Lagos State House of Assembly covers the entire expenditure of the Housecomprising the 40 elected legislators and the administration of over 700 staff. It includes sundry items such as travels, training (bothlocal and overseas) office running and maintenance, vehicles, entertainment, publicity, security, protocols, logistics and administrative costs among others.
“We need to remind ourselves that democracy is about institution and we must all learn to protect this. We must not, in whatever circumstance, derogate or smear this institution. Failure to do so will affect our democracy. Nevertheless, may I call on the governor that with the few months
to go, he should endeavour to attend to urgent needs of Lagosians especially by addressing the inner roads of the state as well as issue of environment. We should be cognizant of the fact that the essence of democratic governance is that people remain the object of development”, he said.
Admin l Tuesday, Feb. 05, 2019
LAGOS, Nigeria – Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly(LAHA), Hon. Mudasiru Obasa today challenged the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, Accountant General of the State, Mrs. Abimbola Shukrat Umar and Chairman, Legislative Probity and Accountability (LPA) Olu Fajana to show proof that the house collects N800 million montly as running cost.
The speaker made the challenge during the budget presentation of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to LAHA. He said fallout of the budget brawl has led to series of negative publications both on social media and in the print media which he said were sponsored by Olu Fajana.
“This started immediately the misunderstanding between the Executive and Legislative came up in respect of the Y2019 budget; which means that such could not be ruled out to have emanated from the Executive. A section of the media has even been mischievously misled into sensationally writing all manners of write-ups against this assembly.
“Some of our friends in the media are personalizing the issue thereby misinforming the public. The fact of the matter is that the issue is between one arm of government and another. What was at stake then was nothing but the matter of appropriation”, he said.
He said it is unfortunate that no one from the Executive has risen to refute the baseless allegations.
“Since no one has come up to address this, it is incumbent on us then to come forward and debunk the allegations. As such, I use this medium to challenge the governor, the Finance Commissioner and the Accountant General of the state to prove that we have been collecting N800 million per month since the onset of this administration. Thank God the governor is before us here today; so also, is the Finance commissioner sitting in this hallowed chamber. I likewise challenge the faceless group to prove that this Assembly has been collecting N800 million per month as alleged”, he said.
He said the monthly running cost of the Lagos State House of Assembly covers the entire expenditure of the Housecomprising the 40 elected legislators and the administration of over 700 staff. It includes sundry items such as travels, training (bothlocal and overseas) office running and maintenance, vehicles, entertainment, publicity, security, protocols, logistics and administrative costs among others.
“We need to remind ourselves that democracy is about institution and we must all learn to protect this. We must not, in whatever circumstance, derogate or smear this institution. Failure to do so will affect our democracy. Nevertheless, may I call on the governor that with the few months
to go, he should endeavour to attend to urgent needs of Lagosians especially by addressing the inner roads of the state as well as issue of environment. We should be cognizant of the fact that the essence of democratic governance is that people remain the object of development”, he said.
