By Dare Akogun
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has forwarded two Executive Bills to the state House of Assembly for consideration and passage.
The bills are the Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2023 and Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023.
These were contained in separate messages from the Governor and addressed to the Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu during today’s plenary.
Governor AbdulRazaq said in the message that, Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill aimed to amend the bill for more efficient management of the trust fund created by law to streamline membership of the board of trustees and staffing of the trust fund towards achieving cost saving and enhancing efficiency
The Governor noted that the Environmental Protection Agency Amendment 2023 seeks to amend the principal law to increase the penalties for violation of certain offences created under the law.
He said the bill when passed would increase the penalties for commiting sanitation offences under section 34 to 50 of the principal law as culprits would be convicted or tried with maximum fine of Fifty Thousand Naira or six months imprisonment for individuals and One Hundred Thousand Naira fine for corporate bodies
He urged the House to accord the two bills usual prompt consideration and passage.
The bills were read the first time by Acting Clerk of the House, Alhaji Abdul-kareem Olayiwola Ahmed and scaled First Reading.
The Speaker thereafter referred the bills to House Committee on Rules and Business to slate the bills for second reading in the next legislative day.
