{"id":10609,"date":"2024-01-19T18:45:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=10609"},"modified":"2024-01-19T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:45:37","slug":"kogi-assembly-passes-five-bills-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-assembly-passes-five-bills-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Assembly Passes Five Bills into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed a total of five bills into law, which is now waiting for the assent of the state Governor Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n
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The bills where passed into law by members of the state House of Assembly yesterday in Lokoja when it was considered clause by clause.<\/p>\n
The bill passed into law by the lawmakers are a bill for a law to provide for retirement of judiciary staff in Kogi State and other matters connected therewith, 2024; bill for a law to repeal and re-enact the customary court of appeal (Establishment) law, 2008 and other matters connected therewith; and a bill for a law to establish the Kogi State meat hygiene and inspection, and other matters connected 2024.<\/p>\n
Other bills passed by the Assembly are a bill for a law for the establishment of the Kogi State Social Investment Programme, agency and other matters connected therewith; and a bill for a law for the establishment of Kogi State Secondary Board and other matters connected therewith 2024.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the Committee of A Whole, who doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs. Comfort Nwuchiola, oversaw the consideration of the bills clause by clause by the lawmakers in the Assembly.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the five bills passed into law are expected to be assented to by the state governor.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a bill for a law to establish the Kogi State College of Agriculture, Ochaja-Egume, and other purposes connected therewith, 2024, has passed through the second reading in the Kogi State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n
Leading the debate at the floor of the Assembly yesterday, the immediate-past Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Enema Paul, argued that the college, when established, would also only serve as a fertile ground that will build the required intellectual capacity needed to enhance agricultural output in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed a total of five bills into law, which is now…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93,2336],"yoast_head":"\n