Governor Adeleke Urges Cabinet Members To Attach Importance To  Budget Hearings, Lists  3 Urgent Executive Bills

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has directed members of the State Executive Council to get prepared for budget hearings at the state House of assembly and ensure that draft executive bills are forwarded to the legislature as quickly as possible.

Mr. Olawale Rasheed, who is the governor’s spokesman and Special Adviser ,  noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com that Adeleke said this on Tuesday evening during  the review session  held on the 2024 budgetary plans.

 Governor Adeleke, the statement added,  reminded the cabinet members that full cooperation is needed with the legislature to speed up the budget processing in line with the assembly timetable.

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon Adewale Egbedun had on Tuesday announced that budget hearings for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) including the state- owned Tertiary Institutions will commence on Monday, 27th November, 2023.

The governor  has asked all ministries, departments and agencies to attend assembly budget hearings with full documentations, warning that any MDA that  fails to cooperate with the lawmakers will be sanctioned.

‘We have a state to govern. We have a five- point agenda to deliver. There is no room for distractions. All cabinet members must get their act together by ensuring successful budget hearings at the assembly.

Let the relevant house committees have all required information to vet and approve your proposals. I have full confidence that the legislature will understand the fiscal and economic considerations behind the 2024 budgetary proposals.

I am also aware that the new innovative ideas that we are introducing may necessitate new laws or amendment of existing ones. Let me on this note direct our MDAs with planned executive bills to speed up the internal processes. 

Three of such bills are very dear to the goodness of our state. The bill to domesticate the Nigerian Startup Act should be forwarded to the assembly without further delay. That bill holds the key to boosting and diversifying our state economy.

The Osun State electricity market bill is also important to us. At the Governors’ Forum, a resolution was particularly reached on this matter. We have to move faster to get the bill passed into law without delay.

Of similar importance is the bill to harmonize the state tax system. Our government wants to put an end to multiple taxation and expand the tax base with a lower tax rate. That is the basic focus of the bill’ he said.

The governor has also directed the Justice Ministry and all affected MDAs to work closely for the bills to  get forwarded to the State Assembly in order to achieve early passage of the bills in question -Team@orientactualmags.com
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