The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has urged State Houses of Assembly to save the Local Government Area system in Nigeria from imminent collapse through its instrument of law making. Read This: FAAC: Federal Government, States, LGs Share N762.5bn In June Thespeaker made the appeal at the opening of a one-day round-table with Speakersof State Houses of Assembly in Lagos today. Declaringthe round-table open, Gbajabiamila represented by Idris Wase, the DeputySpeaker, House of Representatives said a revitalised local government systemwould bring about effective governance. Hesaid that for a more robust 9th Aassembly, there was need for State Houses ofAssembly to invest in knowledge acquisition by running short and long termcourses in areas such as budget implementation and related programmes so thatthrough oversight engagements, they could insist on real value for money oncontracts awarded for the well-being of citizens in whose mandate they stood. Gbajabiamiladisclosed that the National Assembly would commence its process on the work ofits constitutional review committee.