Kogi Assembly passes social investment programme, four other bill
The Kogi State House of Assembly has passed the social investment programme bill.
The bill is one of four bills passed at Thursday’s plenary session in Lokoja, the state capital
Other bills passed by the lawmakers are a bill for a law to provide for the retirement of judiciary staff in Kogi State and other matters connected therewith, a 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.
Another bill passed is a bill for a law for the establishment of Kogi State Secondary Board and other matters connected therewith 2024.
Deputy Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Comfort Nwuchiola, supervised the consideration of the bills clause by clause by the lawmakers in the house.
The five bills passed into law by the hallowed chamber are expected to be assented to by the Executive Governor of Kogi State.
Meanwhile, a bill for a law to establish Kogi State College of Agriculture, Ochaja-Egume, and other purposes connected therewith, 2024 has also passed through a second reading in the Kogi State House of Assembly.
Leading the debate on the floor of the house on Thursday, the immediate past Deputy Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Enema Paul, argued that, “the college when established will serve as a fertile ground that will help build the required intellectual capacity needed to enhance agricultural output in the state”.
