A bill for a law to regulate the Public Financial Management of Anambra State to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of government are managed efficiently and effectively to meet current and future challenges of the state has passed second reading at Anambra State House of Assembly.
The bill which is sponsored by the Majority Leader, Dr Nnamdi Okafor scaled second reading during yesterday’s plenary.
House of Assembly Correspondent, Chukwuemeka Modilim was there and reports that the bill seeks to secure transparency, accountability and sound management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of Anambra State government and other public institutions.
Throwing more light on the bill, Dr. Okafor explained that it will put officers in a position to manage, control all available resources and be more accountable.
On his part, the Chairman House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Chief Obinna Emeneka, noted that it will sustains the economy, ensure equitable distribution of resources and attract funds to the state from Donor Agencies, while the Minority Leader, Honourable Onyebuchi Offor noted with thanks that it will eliminate waste and corruption in the use of public resources.
Speaker of the House, Right Honourable Uche Okafor described it as one that will regulate public financial management and read out the bill for the second time while the lawmakers supported it through a voice vote.
Also at plenary, the House passed a resolution urging Governor Willie Obiano to direct the Commissioner for Health to immediately commence massive sensitization of the people on the causes and effects of gastroenteritis and also encourage healthcare practitioners, mostly general public to maintain personal hygiene to protect their lives.
The resolution followed a motion sponsored to that effect by the member representing Aguata Two Constituency, Honorable Okechukwu Okoye.
According to him, the disease is caused by bacteria known as salmonella which occurs during the dry season and is recognized as the fastest killer among children within the ages of zero to five and aged people, adding that maintaining maximum personal hygiene can quench the spread of the disease.
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