Kwara Assembly receives 2 Executive Bills from Gov. Abdulrazaq

By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus

Kwara House of Assembly on Tuesday received two Executive Bills from Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for consideration and passage.

The bills are Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2023 and Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023.

These are contained in separate letters from the governor and addressed to the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu.

The Acting Clerk of the House, Alhaji Abdul-kareem Ahmed, read the bills for the first time during the plenary.

According to the governor, Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill seeks to amend the bill for more efficient management of the trust fund created by law.

He said that the bill was to streamline membership of the board of trustees and staffing of the trust fund towards achieving cost saving and enhancing efficiency.

For the Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023, the governor noted that it sought to amend the principal law to increase the penalties for violation of certain offences created under the law.

He said the bill when passed and signed into law would increase the penalties for commiting sanitation offences under Section 34 to Section 50 of the principal law.

He stated that the culprits would be convicted or tried with maximum fine of N50,000 or six months imprisonment for individuals and N100,000 fine for corporate bodies

Gov. Abdulrazaq urged the House to accord the two bills usual prompt consideration and passage.

The speaker, however, referred the bills to the House Committee on Rules and Business to slate the bills for second reading in the next legislative day.

(NAN)