The House of Representatives has challenged State Houses of Assembly to implement the recently enacted Financial Autonomy Act to enhance the quality of personnel and legislation.
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen gave the charge when he declared open a two-day refresher workshop for the members and officials of the Rivers State House of Assembly in Abuja.
A two-day capacity building programme for Rivers state legislators and officials to enhance their skills in Legislative business by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.
NILDS Director-General, Abubakar Sulaiman, says the exercise is designed to specifically equip participants with necessary skills and knowledge for effective law making and good governance.
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen is represented by House Leader, Julius Ihonvbere.
He challenged State Houses of Assembly to make the Financial Autonomy Act effective for seamless legislative business
For the Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, knowledge based exercises such as this are a strategy for enhancing sustainable development and deepening democracy.
Participants are grateful for the opportunity to share from the wealth of knowledge of resource persons.
The training exercise is expected to equip participants with the necessary oversight tools and strategies as well as basic principles of parliamentary practices that will promote accountability and good representation.
