The Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday directed Lamidi Mulero, the nominee for the post of Auditor-General for Local Governments, to appear before it for screening on Friday.
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The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has signed into law the 2019 Appropriation Bill of N400.3 billion for the state, with an assurance that the budget will not only be on paper but also adequately funded.
The lawmakers announced their defection in separate letters read by the Speaker of the Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, during a plenary in Abeokuta.
Christened, “Budget of Enduring Legacy,” Amosun said the figure represented an increase of 17 per cent over the N345.4 billion budgeted for 2018.
Amosun was the holder of the Ogun Central Senatorial District seat between 2003 and 2007, but this time around, he will be displacing the incumbent, Lanre Tejuoso.
Amosun’s pronouncement on the House of Representatives seat was one of the many he made last week, including his own to head to the Senate after his tenure as governor next year
Suraj Adekunbi (APC-Yewa North1), the Speaker, said this while reacting to the submission of Yinka Mafe (APC-Sagamu1), Majority Leader, who spoke after the Speaker had read the defection letters of the lawmakers during plenary in Abeokuta
Five members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday defected to three different parties. The Speaker of the House, Suraj Adekunbi, read the separate letters of defection by the lawmakers during the plenary session in Abeokuta.
The Speaker of the House, Suraj Adekunbi, made the plea at plenary while responding to submissions made by members of the house under personal explanations on the activities of herdsmen in the state.
Adekunbi made the disclosure when he met with members of All Progressives Congress in Yewa North Local Government at Ayetoro.
The legislature however cut N38.5 million from the initial N221.12 billion presented to the House by Governor Ibikunle Amosun
Amosun made this known in a letter sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly and read during plenary by the Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, on Thursday
Adekunbi urged the nominee to step up measures at promoting transparency and prudence in the audited financial records of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government
The bill had sought to prohibit forcible entry and occupation of landed properties, violent and fraudulent conduct in relation to landed properties, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and allied matters
Also during plenary, the Speaker summoned the transition committee members of Ijebu Ode, Ado Odo, Odeda, Remo North and Ogun Waterside council areas to appear before the House over non performance