Kwara State House of Assembly has passed four Amendment Bills to drive best practices in the education sector and local government administration in the state into law.
The Amendment Bills passed into law are – Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which abrogated office of the Permanent Secretary and replaced it with that of Secretary as Head of Administration while the chairman becomes the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Commission.
The Kwara State University (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which reverted the name of the University from Abubakar Sola Saraki University to Kwara State University.
The Kwara State Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020, that abrogated the office of the Permanent Secretary and replaced it with the Secretary of the Board as the Administrative Head and makes the chairman the Accounting Officer.
Also passed into law was the Kwara State Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which abrogated the office of the Permanent Secretary and replaced it with the Secretary of the Commission as the Administrative Head and make the chairman the Accounting Officer.
Speaker, Yakubu Danladi Salihu, directed the Clerk of the House, Halimah Jummai Kperogi to send clean copies of the Bills to the state governor for his assent.
However, the resolution of the House on a Matter of General Public Importance was raised by Ambali Olatunji Ibrahim, representing Owode/Onire Constituency on the recent accident on the road which reportedly claimed nine lives.
Ambali explained that there was urgent need for proactive measures to check the spate of accidents on the road.
Other members who spoke on the motion included the Deputy Speaker, Adetiba Olanrewaju Raphael and member representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency, Saheed Popoola.
They identified over speeding and impatience as some of the factors responsible for accidents on the road. The speaker equally directed the Clerk to forward the resolutions of the House to the appropriate quarters for necessary actions.
Earlier, while welcoming the Honourable Members back from recess Salihu promised that the 9th Assembly would devote the last lap of its first session to oversight functions.
“As we resume, you should get prepared because the better part of this last lap of this first session will be dedicated to oversight functions as statutorily required of us.
“The exercise cannot be less rigorous as the recently concluded budget consideration and passage because we are going to be as meticulous and thorough as ever”, he said.
