Okowa presents Capital Territory Development, Vocational bills

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State

Less than a week in office as governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa Tuesday forwarded two bills to the State House of Assembly for necessary legislative actions.

This was in keeping with the promise he made minutes after his inauguration last Friday when he announced his intention to within one week, forward to the state legislature three executive bills.

One of the bills is for a law to establish “Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency” while the other is a bill for a law to establish “Delta State Technical and Vocational Education Board.”

The bills which were read on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the House on Tuesay during plenary, have already passed the first readings, while second readings have been slated for Wednesday 3rd June 2015.

The motions for the first readings of the two bills were moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Monday Igbuya and were unanimously adopted.

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Senator Ifeanyi Okowa had in his inaugural speech last Friday, promised to give strength to the Delta State Oil Producing Development Commission, DESOPADEC law by restructuring the board and management in line with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, model through an amendment.

Meanwhile, the House adopted a motion brought under matter of urgent public importance by the majority leader, Monday Igbuya (Sapele Constituency), calling on governor Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency evacuate illegal occupants in the Sapele Main Market to enable the contractor working on the market project continue work on it.

Hon. Igbuya said the contractor handling the project for the state govt was ready to complete the project but for the hiccups created by the illegal occupants.

Speaking in support of the motion, Sam Obi (Ika North East), Martin Okonta (Ika South) and Oboro Preyor (Bomadi) noted that it was wrong for people to forcefully allocate the shops to themselves even when work on the project were still ongoing.

They therefore stressed the need for immediate action in order not to further delay the completion of the market project.

The House adopted the recommendations of the report of the ad hoc committee that investigated the allocation of lands in the state in the last four years.

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