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Nasarawa Assembly passes investment and development agency bill into law

Solomon Attah
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Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, said with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, the state would leverage agriculture during

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has on Monday passed into law a Bill to Establish the Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency Charged with the responsibility to among other things to promote, facilitate and coordinate investment in the state and other related matters.

The Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, announced the passage of the bill into law during the house proceedings in Lafia.

BalarabeAbdullahi said that the bill if finally assented by Governor Abdullahi Sule would go a long way in promoting and coordinating investment activities in the state.

“A Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency charged with the responsibility among other things to promote, facilitate and coordinate investment in the state and other related matters, third reading and pass.

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“This bill when finally signed into law will also boost the state socioeconomic activities, improve IGR and as well as improve on the standard of living of the people of the state ‘he said.

The speaker, however, directed the clerk of the House to produce a clean copy of the bill for the governor’s assent.

He assures Governor Sule of the House readiness to continue to support his economic and investment policy for the overall development of the state.

It would be reported that the bill is an executive bill presented to the House by Governor Abdullahi Sule

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