Autonomy row: Legislature, judiciary retain financial control – Edo Speaker

The new Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Yekini Idaiye.

The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Yekini Idaiye, has said that the lawmakers did not remove the financial autonomy of the House of Assembly or that of the judiciary.

Recall that Governor Monday Okpebholo on Monday signed the Edo House of Assembly Funds Management Bill 2023 and the State Judiciary Financial Autonomy 2023 Amendment Bill into law.

Idaiye, who stated this during the ceremony on Monday, explained that recurrent expenditure would continue to go to the Assembly and judiciary, while the amendment addressed the management of capital funds.

He said, “The legislation did not remove the financial autonomy of the House of Assembly or the judiciary.