The Lagos state house of assembly has organised a public hearing on a bill seeking to unify existing laws on local government administration in the state.
The Lagos state house of assembly is preparing to replace the existing 37 local council development areas with newly designated Administrative Areas.This was part of the discussion at a public hearing for the proposed “Bill for a law to provide for the local government system, establishment and administration, and to consolidate all laws on local government administration”.
“At this stage, we gather public observations and thoughts to reflect on them in the next stage of the bill.” “It also emphasises the creation of 37 area administrative councils, in addition to the original 20 local governments listed.The bill, which outlines the structure of local governance, states that Lagos will operate through democratically elected LGs.According to the bill, Lagos will recognise 20 LGAs as outlined in the 1999 Constitution.The ruling also stipulated that only democratically elected councils can access federal funds.
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