UP accountability meetings flouting law
Seminar told
Union parishads are not holding meetings with participation of women and underprivileged people for ensuring accountability, although the Local Government (Union Parishad) Act 2009 stipulates to do so, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
In many cases, meetings are held without any agenda and guidelines, they added. The seminar on social accountability of union parishad was organised by the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation in the capital's Cirdap Auditorium.
Presenting the key-note paper, Dr Tofail Ahmed, honorary fellow at BIGD, said union parishads do not have enough competent people to form budgets for themselves.
Nazrul Islam of United Nations Development Programme and Arif H Khan of Manusher Jonno Foundation presented two papers at the event.