There is an ongoing drama in Lagos as the Lagos State House
of Assembly is yet to transmit to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode the 2019
Appropriation bill to be signed into law over one week after the lawmakers
passed the bill.
The House, on April 29 passed the budget and added N21
billion to the original budget of N852.317 billion presented by the governor.
The budget has been one filled with political undertone as Ambode could not
present the budget in December and had to present it in February.
The total budget size passed by the Assembly is N873.532
billion.
Five months into the year, pains and anguish are being
experienced by Lagosians because of the non-implementation of the budget, as
the Assembly is still holding on to the bill.
There is disquiet in government as activities have been
grounded because there is no money to execute projects due to the fact that the
Assembly appears to be holding the state in the jugular by not transmitting the
bill to the executive to be signed into law.
Findings show that the bill has not left the House of
Assembly to the governor for signing as government officials are eagerly
awaiting when the bill would be signed by the governor, especially when they
are expecting their new minimum wage to be paid by the end of this month.
A top government source told newsmen that the governor would
not sign a bill he had not seen and that the Assembly had not yet returned the
instrument for signing by the governor, as they were playing politics with the
issue.
The permutation around is that the lawmakers did not want
the governor to attest to the bill, thus, exploring delay tactics till May 29
when Ambode would hand over to a new administration.
Another permutation is that the lawmakers are acting on a
superior order to frustrate the governor and ensure that he would not benefit
from the budget.
Sources at the State House of Assembly have refused to
speak, as everyone is keeping mute over the matter.
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