Less
than a week in office as Governor of Delta State,Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has
forwarded two bills to the State House of Assembly for necessary legislative
actions. This
was in keeping with the promise he made minutes after his inauguration last
Friday when he announced his intention to within one week, forward to the state
legislature three executive bills.
One of the bills is
for a law to establish “Delta State Capital
Territory Development Agency” while the other is a bill for a law to
establish “Delta State Technical and Vocational Education Board.”
The
bills which were read on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the House on
Tuesay during plenary, have already passed the first readings, while second
readings have been slated for Wednesday 3rd June 2015.The motions for the first
readings of the two bills were moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon.
Monday Igbuya and were unanimously adopted.
The
Governor had in his inaugural speech last Friday, promised to give strength to
the Delta State Oil Producing Development Commission, DESOPADEC law by
restructuring the board and management in line with the Niger Delta Development
Commission, NDDC, model through an amendment.
Meanwhile,
the House adopted a motion brought under matter of urgent public importance by
the majority leader, Monday Igbuya (Sapele Constituency), calling on Governor Ifeanyi
Okowa to as a matter of urgency evacuate illegal occupants in the Sapele Main
Market to enable the contractor working on the market project continue work on
it.
Hon.
Igbuya said the contractor handling the project for the state govt was ready to
complete the project but for the hiccups created by the illegal occupants.
Speaking
in support of the motion, Sam Obi (Ika North East), Martin Okonta (Ika South)
and Oboro Preyor (Bomadi) noted that it was wrong for people to forcefully
allocate the shops to themselves even when work on the project were still
ongoing.
They
therefore stressed the need for immediate action in order not to further delay
the completion of the market project.
The
House adopted the recommendations of the report of the ad hoc committee that
investigated the allocation of lands in the state in the last four years.
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