Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the Local Government (Amendment) Law, 2020 meant to grant autonomy and strengthening the operations of local government administration through improved welfare for the workers.
The bills entitled: A Bill for a law to amend the Local Government Law of Ogun State, 2006 was passed on Thursday, during a plenary presided over by the Speaker Olakunle Oluomo.
The legislations were part of the commitments of the ninth Assembly at promoting better working conditions towards repositioning the local government areas to achieve efficiency in service delivery through improved welfare for the local government’s workers.
The passage of the bill followed the presentation of reports of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs by its Chairman, Ajayi Bolanle.
Bolanle moved the motion for the adoption and was seconded by Honourables Ganiyu Oyedeji and Solomon Osho respectively and supported by other members of the assembly through a voice vote, after which the bill was read and adopted clause by clause by the Committee of the Whole House.
Subsequently, the motion for the third reading of the bill was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff and seconded by the Deputy Speaker, Akeem Balogun and Musefiu Lamidi respectively; while the Clerk/ Head of Legislative Service, Mr. Deji Adeyemo took the third reading before the members.
Responding, Oluomo directed that the clean copies of the bill be forwarded to the governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for assent.
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