The Lagos State House
of Assembly has set up an Ad-hoc Committee to determine whether the state
government complies fully with the allocation formula in the disbursement of
funds to Local Government Areas, as stipulated in the state Joint Local
Government Account Committee Law of 2003.
The House in a motion
sponsored by the Leader of the House, Ajibayo Adeyeye and nineteen other
lawmakers was not happy with the modalities for the distribution of funds to
the councils.
The lawmakers also
alleged that the pattern of disbursement was done in contravention of the
constitutional provisions and extant laws of the state.
Meanwhile, the House
has directed the Commissioner for Finance, Adetokunbo Abiru to stop further
payments in respect of Joint Account Allocation Committee pending a resolution
of the House in order to prevent further breaches of the law, except the
payment of salaries of pensionable and non-pensionable staff.
The lawmakers also
directed the Accountant General of the state to furnish the House with the
reports in respect of payment made to each Local Government in the state from
2009 till date in compliance with section 9 of the JAAC law.
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