Sanwo-Olu to speak at town hall meeting on Lagos budget process

Babajide Sanwo-Olu,  governor of Lagos state, will on November 15, speak at a town hall meeting to discuss the state’s budget. 

The meeting is organised by Connected Development (CODE), a non-governmental organisation in partnership with ActionAid.

In a statement, the organisers said the event,  tagged: “LAGOS YOUTH BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING”, will hold at the Julius Berger Auditorium in the University of Lagos.

“The event which is a gathering of 250 Youths representing different youth groups in Lagos through the Youth Organizing & Leadership (YOL) Campaign seeks to promote citizen participation in governance at the grassroots level and to empower youths with advocacy skills to demand for more budgetary provision and Gender Responsive Public Service for young people at the Local, State and Federal Government level,” the statement read.

“During the event, participants will have the opportunity to ask relevant questions from representatives of the Lagos state government as relating to its Budgeting process for Education, Agriculture, Youth Empowerment and Gender responsive service delivery.

“At the end of the meeting, it is expected that Youths in Lagos will be better armed with relevant details on the plans of the Lagos state government for its youths while the government would have used the opportunity to improve its bond with Youths in Lagos.”

Other expected to speak at the event include Folashade Adefisayo, commissioner for education, Sam Whine,  commissioner for budget and economic planning, Segundo Dawodu,  commissioner for youth and social development.