Nigeria: Lagos Assembly Moves to Review Controversial Land Use Charge

The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up a six-man ad-hoc committee to review the controversial 2018 land use charge in the state.The Speaker of the House, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa disclosed this at the plenary yesterday.He urged the people to participate in the second public hearing to have the opportunity to express their grievances.

The speaker disclosed that public hearing was done when the land use charge was in process, before its passage and transmission to the governor for assent."We invited the public, but we didn't hear much from them. If only they had responded at that time, probably we would have done what would be acceptable to all.

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