Osun assembly begins scrutiny of 2025 LG budgets
The Osun House of Assembly, on Monday, began scrutinising the 2025 budgets of the 30 local government areas in the state.
Adewale Egbedun, speaker of Osun Assembly, declaring the exercise open, said that the action was to ensure that the local government councils were accountable for their expenditure.
“Your (LGs) budgets must reflect the needs of our constituents at the grassroots.
“Now that you have financial autonomy, you should live up to the expectation of the people,” the speaker said.
He asked the council administrators to present and share insight into their strategic plans for their expenditure.
Mr Egbedun said that scrutinising budgets was one of the functions of the legislature in order to ensure accountability and to protect the interests of the Osun people.
The local government councils in the state are being run by caretaker committees pending the conduct of council elections next year.
Earlier, the Osun State Public Procurement Bill 2024 was passed, while the Osun Electricity Market Regulatory Bill 2024 scaled the first reading.
The budgets of 15 local government councils were scrutinised by the Assembly’s Finance and Appropriation Committee, while the remaining 15 would have their turn on Tuesday.
(NAN)
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