Kwara Assembly passes 17 Bills in 2 years, not 14 – CSO
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has commended the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly for passing 17 Bills in the last two years.
ENetSuD is an anti-corruption CSO promoting good governance, transparency and accountability in Nigeria.
The Coordinator of the group, Dr Abdullateef Alagbonsi, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin.
It however pointed out that the Assembly miscalculated the number of the bills it passed as 14 and not 17 within the period under review.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, had at a Special Plenary marking their 2nd anniversary announced that they passed 14 Bills in the last two legislative years.
According to the Speaker, during the period under review, the House also considered 29 Reports, while 32 Motions were moved with resolutions passed on them.
However, ENetSuD’s #KwaraBillsTracker records showed the total number of bills passed by the assembly in the last two years was 17, and not 14.
“For clarity, eight (8) bills were passed in the first year while nine (9) bills were passed in the second year,” the statement said.
The CSO listed the eight bills in the first year as the Revised Appropriation Bill (Budget) 2019; Social Investment Programme Bill 2019; Sports Commission Bill 2019; andLocal Government Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill 2019.
Others were the Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 2019; Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill 2019; Kwara State Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education (Amendment) Bill 2019 and Appropriation Bill (Budget) 2020.
The nine bills passed in the second year included the Geographic Information Service Bill 2020; Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill 2020; Revised Appropriation Bill (otherwise called Budget) 2020; Residents Registration Bill 2020; Public Procurement Agency (amendment) Bill 2020.
Others were the Investment Promotion Agency 2020, Governor and Deputy Governor Payment of Pension (Repeal) Bill 2020; 2021 Appropriation (Budget) Bill, and Sports Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021.
The organisation, however, called on the legislature to scale up its performance towards the development of the state and its residents. (NAN)
