Speakers of 36 Houses of Assembly across the country on Tuesday decried the non-implementation of the financial autonomy for the state legislatures.The Speakers noted that under the current Federal system, there are peculiar challenges confronting state parliaments.
Obasa spoke in Lagos at the conference of 36 Speakers with the theme: Strengthening the Capacity of State Legislatures for Effective Governance.House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, who was represented by Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, called for synergy between the National Assembly and the Houses of Assembly during the proposed constitution review.At the interactive sessions, University of Jos lecturer, Prof.
Hailing the institute for organising the conference, Gbajabiamila said the constitutional roles of appropriation, law-making and oversight functions vested in the legislature require skilful display of intellectual input, based on sound knowledge acquisition, information, workshops, seminars and retreats.
Gbajabiamila urged the Speakers to save the local government from imminent collapse through law making.The Speaker said the National Assembly would soon embark on constitution review, adding that a synergy between the national and state parliaments would facilitate the attainment of set objectives. He said the institute had been offering postgraduate diploma and Master’s degree programmes in legislative drafting, legislative studies, parliamentary administration, elections and political party management, election and party politics as well as constitution and constitutionalism.
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