Jigawa Assembly passes 19 bills, 27 resolutions in 1 year
Assembly
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir
Dutse, June 13, 2024 (NAN) The Eighth Jigawa State House of Assembly says it has passed 19 of the 22 bills brought before it since its inauguration on June 12, 2023.
The Speaker, Mr Haruna Aliyu, disclosed this at a news conference in Dutse on Thursday, to mark his first anniversary in office.
Aliyu listed the bills to include Second State Supplementary Appropriation Law, No. 2 2023; State Economic Empowerment and Youth Employment Agency Law, No. 3 2023; and State Bureau of Statistics (Amendment No. 1) Law No. 6, 2023.
Also among the bills are, Economic Planning Board (Amendment No.1) Law No. 4, 2023, State House of Assembly Service Commission Law and Revised Local Government Appropriation Law, to name a few.
The speaker said that three bills, including Jigawa State Educational Resources Agency Bill – 2024, were pending.
He said that the other two were: A Bill for a Law to Transform State Educational Inspectorate and Monitoring Unit (SEMU) to Jigawa State Education Quality Assurance Agency, and A Bill for a Law to establish Jigawa State Tsangaya Education Board.
According to him, the assembly considered several motions and made a total of 27 resolutions within the period under review.
Giving a breakdown of the sitting of the assembly, Aliyu said it sat 184 times between June 2023 and June 2024.
He said that the assembly would continue to enact quality laws and people-oriented resolutions for the progress and development of the state. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Oluwole Sogunle
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