TO ensure cohesion between state and
local government councils in the speedy delivery of democratic dividends, Delta
State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has assented to a
Bill for the setting up of an Economic Planning Council in the state.
Governor Okowa, sitting, signing the bills into law . |
Apart from the Delta State Economic
Planning Council Bill 2016 which was presented to the Governor for assent by
the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya
who was accompanied by the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi
and other principal Officers (01/07/16) in Asaba, three other Bills
were also presented and signed into Law by the Governor.
They were Delta State Security Trust
Fund (amendment Bill) 2016, Delta State Anti-kidnapping (amendment) Bill 2016
and the Delta State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy (amendment) Bill
2016.
Okowa in a group photograph with principal officers of DTHA and some cabinet members. |
Governor Okowa who said he was
excited to have signed the Bills into law expressed confidence that the
economic situation of the state and the country would improve in the next few
months.
He assured Deltans of continuous
infrastructural development and that the passage of the Economic
Planning Council bill was to bring it in line with the Nigerian
Constitution to ensure that the Local Government Council were carried along in
the developmental planning in the state and also, avoid duplication of
projects.
According to the Governor, "in
this particular law, local government Chairmen will be brought in as members of
the Council and it will enable us to compare notes on economic plans between
the local government councils and the state
government, and ensure greater partnership in the
delivery of economic dividends for our people."
Governor Okowa who took time to
explain the importance of the four laws to the government and people of Delta
State, disclosed that the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy would be
constituted in the next few weeks because of its importance in looking at
issues concerning "persons who have been condemned and those who are held
in the Prisons."
On the anti-kidnapping Law, the
Governor said, "kidnapping of persons for money is on the increase across
the country and with the signing of the law, security agents are now
empowered to ensure that those directly involved in kidnappings
and their accomplices are sentenced and their property destroyed to serve as
deterrent to others; the state government will not spare anybody, there will be
no sentiment there will be no friendship in ensuring that we live in peace for
development to take place."
The Delta State Security Trust Fund
Law (amended) 2016, according to Governor Okowa, "was passed in the past
but it was not made operational. We want to operationalize the law and with
contributions from the state and private sector, fund will be available to
provide equipment and logistics and support security agencies' operations in
the state."
The governor commended the Speaker
and members of the State House of Assembly for their support and co-operation
in delivering democratic dividends to the people.
Earlier, Rt. Hon. Igbuya, while
presenting the Bills to Governor Okowa said that the Bills were speedily
attended to and passed to enable the governor pursue vigorously his
developmental agenda for the state.
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