Lagos State House of Assembly during Plenary on Thursday passed a Bill for a Law to establish the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (Amendment) Bill 2020 and for connected purposes into Law after the third reading.
The Law which had also scaled through its Public Hearing late last year is set to strengthen the Agency and the Procurement sector thereby warning any person, company or authority that accesses mobilization fee and absconds or does not carry out the services or works commensurate with the fee paid, commits an offence and therefore out rightly becomes liable on conviction to imprisonment for two years or a fine equivalent to the fee paid or both.
In addition, after its third reading; the House also passed the Lagos State Sports Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021, a Bill for a Law to amend the Lagos State Sports Commission Law, 2017 and to promote Youths and Sports Development in Lagos State and for connected purposes. In respect to the maximization of sporting capacities in the State in order to provide opportunities for youths to realize their potential through sporting activities at the grassroots level.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa directed the Acting Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko to send clean copies of the passed bills to Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent.
