Ogun State House of Assembly building
EHIME ALEX, Lagos
Ogun State House of Assembly has approved the 2020 Appropriation (Amendment) Law which seeks to reduce the state’s annual budget by 38 per cent from N450 billion to N280 billion.
The bill titled, “H.B. No. 050/OG/2020- A Bill for a Law to amend the Year 2020 Appropriation Law”, was consequent upon the presentation of the report of House Committee on Finance and Appropriation by the Chairman, Olakunle Sobunkanla, at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, RT. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo at the Assembly Complex, Abeokuta.
Sobunkanla, thereafter moved the motion for the adoption of the report, seconded by the Minority Leader, Ganiyu Oyedeji and supported by other lawmakers through a voice vote.
The Assembly later considered the bill clause-by-clause, followed by the motion for its third reading moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff and seconded by a member representing Odeda State Constituency, Oludaisi Elemide after which the Clerk of the House, Deji Adeyemo did the third reading.
Responding, Speaker Oluomo directed that the clean copy of the bill be transmitted to the Governor, Dapo Abiodun for assent.
Meanwhile, two bills, the State Energy Board Law, 2020 and the State Safety Commission Law, 2020, scaled the first reading as it were read by the Clerk, ‘Deji Adeyemo before the lawmakers.
