Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia –
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has passed two executive bills into law during plenary on Wednesday, with the assurance to support the executive arm of government to better the well being of the people of the state.
The first one was the ‘Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (NASEWCCA) and Other Matters Connected Therewith’.
Followed by the ‘Bill for a law to establish the Nasarawa State Social Investment Agency Charged With the Responsibility of Tackling Poverty, Ensuring Equitable Distribution of Resources and Economic Growth in the State and for Other Matters Connected Therewith’.
Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the speaker of the assembly, while speaking shortly after the passage of the two bills, pointed out that
the agency would reduce the vulnerability of soil to erosion in targeted sub- catchment areas, prevent and reverse land degradation.
“A Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (NASEWCCA) and Other Matters Connected Therewith third reading and passed,” he said.
On the second bill, he said that the agency would tackle poverty and ensure equitable distribution of resources and economic growth for the overall development of the state.
The Speaker, therefore directed the clerk of the House to produce clean copies of the two bills for Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s assent.
Earlier, Hon Umar Tanko Tunga, the Majority Leader of the House moved a motion for the bills to scale third reading and was seconded by Abel Bala, the Minority Leader.
Similarly, the House recieved the report of the House Standing Committee on Health on a Bill For a Law to Amend the Nasarawa State College of Nursing and Midwifery Law, 2021 and other Matters Connected Therewith.
The report was presented by the committee Chairman, Hon Usman Labaran Shafa.
The Speaker then slated next week Tuesday, 16rh May, 2023 for the deliberation of the report.
