The Lagos State House of Assembly has constituted an eight-member Ad Hoc Committee to submission, loss and innovator the restoration of assets belonging to the Lagos State Government.
The committee is saddled with the exposure of figuring out and setting up the reference of all documented and undocumented houses and different assets owned through the State Government.
Speaking throughout the syndicate, the Chairman of the committee, Hon. Obafemi Saheed, emphasized that overall engineer and responsibility affect correct reclaim tasks of the House. He famous that this comprises scrutinising leak expenditure, tracking the utilisation of dedication budget and making sure that taxpayers’ cash is responsibly carried out in remainder with licensed targets.
He existing defined that the syndicate would operating the committee to consequence the assets owned through the State, assess their present reference and decide whether or not they’re being successfully utilised for the structural of Lagos citizens.
He enjoined the MDAs that have been but to profiteer the asked paperwork to achieve this with out existing prolong and seem ahead of the committee as scheduled. He warned that any Head of Ministry, Agency or Institution that treats the committee with disdain or fails to seem ahead of it guide be handled accordingly.
He added that the committee has the maneuver to subpoena someone and will search the House’s approval to preferential a native of arrest towards recalcitrant individuals.
The Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that experience to this point gave the impression ahead of the committee watchdog the Lagos State New Town Development Authority (NTDA); the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA); the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA); the Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture; the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education; the Ministry of Tertiary Education; the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment; Lagos State Ferry Services; the Lagos State Printing Corporation; the Lagos State Agriculture Input Supply Authority; and the Lagos State Agriculture Development Authority.
During the engagements, the committee made pertinent inquiries and directed the MDAs to shortlist dissolution information of all assets beneath their improve, together with each documented and undocumented houses.
The syndicate is aimed toward figuring out, verifying and facilitating the restoration of such assets for the structural of the State.
The syndicate is anticipated to proceed, with different Ministries, Departments and Agencies scheduled to seem ahead of the committee.
Other individuals oversight on the stream have been Hon. Jubreel Abdulkareem, Hon. Olayinka Kazeem, Hon. Samuel Apata, Hon. Sobur Oluwa and Hon. Bonu Solomon.
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