Kogi Assembly Passes Five Bills into Law

Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

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.

The bills where passed into law by members of the state House of Assembly yesterday in Lokoja when it was considered clause by clause.

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.

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.

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.

It was gathered that the five bills passed into law are expected to be assented to by the state governor.

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.

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.