To enhance effective performance of their oversight functions, lawmakers in the 8th Osun House of Assembly on Thurdays, attended a training to build their capacity on public accountability.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training was organised by the Justice Development and Peace Makers Centre (JDMPC) in Osogbo.
In his welcome address, Rev. Fr Peter Akinkunmi, the General Coordinator, JDMPC Osogbo, said that the training was aimed at building the capacity of the lawmakers to audit public expenditure.
Akinwunmi also said that it was symbolic that there had been no violence before and after the election of the lawmakers, which according to him was unusual in the history of the state.
He said that what makes it more interesting was the fact that majority of the lawmakers were first timers in the legislature.
The facilitor of the training, Dr Tunji Ogunyemi, an Economist Historian and Public Affairs Analyst, explained that accountability means being assessable, rendering accounts and surrendering to auditing.
He also provided the legal framework, duties and responsibilities of lawmakers in holding various organs of government accountable, just as he stressed how important it was for the lawmakers to also give account of their actions.
NAN reports that among the topics of discission at the training include legal framework for public accountability, legislative powers and privileges, code of conduct for public offices, among others (NAN). READ ALSO:
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