The Ogun State House of Assembly has acknowledged a correspondence from the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun indicating his intention to present the Year 2025 Appropriation bill before the State lawmakers on Friday 29th November at 10.00am.
The Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, stated this while reading the Governor’s letter before the state lawmakers during the plenary at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Tuesday.
The letter reads, “I thank Mr Speaker and the Honourable members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, for the full cooperation we have continued to enjoy from the Hallowed Chambers. Your legislative support has indeed been pivotal to the success story of our building the future together.
” In accordance with the provision of Section 121 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as altered), I write to inform the Honourable House that I intend to present the Ogun State Year 2025 budget proposal to the State House of Assembly on Friday, 29th November, 2024 at 10.00am”.
Meanwhile, the Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State Government to urgently develop a comprehensive and inter-ministerial drug abuse control strategy to address the rising menace of drug abuse, illicit drug trafficking and addiction among youth and adults in the state