Yahaya Bello during the signing ceremony. |
It was indeed a very remarkable event in the
history of Kogi State as the State’s Governor, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, on
Wednesday, signed eight bills passed by the state assembly into law and they
include, Kogi Health Insurance Agency and the State Youth Development
Commission bills.
The bills were signed by the governor in his office at Government House, Lokoja, in the presence of the Speaker, Kogi House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mohammed brahim (SAN) and other dignitaries.
In his remarks, the governor said that the signing was another milestone in the history of Kogi State, describing it as unprecedented.
According to the governor, we are signing up
to eight bills enacted; some are executive bills while some are member bills
and we are signing them into law today. He said the bills were basically to
improve revenue generation in Kogi, saying, ”we cannot continue to depend on
the federation account every month, hence, we must look inward; that is why
majority of the bills are centred on revenue generation, and others on critical
sectors of the demographic in our dear state, which has to do with youths and
sports development, as we are relatively young and God has made us to be the
leaders of today; every government must think of the tomorrow of our children
and the unborn generation.
“Today, we have signed all the eight bills and next week we hope to continue signing other bills into law. ”We have never had it this good in the history of Kogi House of Assembly; we sincerely appreciate the speaker and principal members of the House. ”This is a demonstration of harmony, synergy and integration and cooperation among these arms of government under our leadership,”
“Today, we have signed all the eight bills and next week we hope to continue signing other bills into law. ”We have never had it this good in the history of Kogi House of Assembly; we sincerely appreciate the speaker and principal members of the House. ”This is a demonstration of harmony, synergy and integration and cooperation among these arms of government under our leadership,”
Yahaya Bello commended the state’s Attorney
General for painstakingly going through the bills to ensure no contradiction
with the extant law of the country, stating that ”In Kogi, especially those of
us that are saddled with the responsibility of steering the ship, even though
there are lots of noise and misinformation out there. ”What I am concerned
about is to continue to do the work while the wailer continue to wail. ”We will
continue to do our best to ensure that we take Kogi State to the next level”.
He went further to call for continued
cooperation and understanding of the media in developing the state, while
urging them to be professional in their reportage. ”By the special grace of
God, come January 27, 2020, we will invite all of you for our swearing-in for
second term,” Bello said.
Earlier, the Speaker of rthe state assembly,
Matthew Kolawole said that the eight bills would be signed to make a total of
40 bills that had been passed by the Assembly and assented to by the governor.
”We are glad that our bills are not just being passed in the House but are
being transformed into laws.
According to him, Six of the bills are
executive bills and all of them point towards revenue generation. ”The bills
would also transform the state in the area of youth development and encourage
us to access fund from international donors to our state,” Kolawole said.
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