Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - The Benue State House of Assembly has passed the 2025 appropriation bill of N550.1 billion into law.
The bill was passed after scaling the third reading during a plenary
presided over by the Speaker, Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh, on Monday.
The passage of the appropriation bill followed the presentation of the
report of the House Committee on Appropriation by its chairman, Cephas Dyako.
Governor Hyacinth Alia had recently presented to the assembly the budget
proposal christened “Budget of Human Capital Development, Food Security and
Digital Economy.”
The bill was read and adopted clause by clause before the Committee of
the Whole House while the clerk of the house, John Hwande, read the bill for
the third time.
Also, during plenary, the House approved all six recommendations made by
the Ad Hoc Committee constituted to investigate the controversies surrounding
the recruitment of primary school teachers by the State Universal Basic
Education Board, SUBEB, arising from the briefing and interaction with the
executive chairman of the board, Dr Grace Adagba.
The approved recommendations include: “That the Board do reassess the
recruitment process and ensure compliance with extant laws based on fairness,
equity and justice to reflect state character; that the Board do ensure that
applicants are shortlisted and employed strictly in their local governments of
origin, taking note of the financial autonomy granted to local governments;
that the House do constitute a compliance committee to monitor the
implementation of all House Resolutions and recommend sanctions where
necessary; that all government appointees do desist from actions that undermine
the authority of the Honourable House; and that the House do lift all
suspensions placed on the recruitment exercise for the interest of the
applicants.”
Two bills—the Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University and the Benue State
University of Agriculture Science and Technology Ihugh Bill—also enjoyed third
reading at the plenary and were passed.
Addressing the House, Speaker Dajoh disclosed that during the second
sitting, the Benue State House of Assembly received 16 bills and passed nine
while four are in committees and five are pending.
He said the assembly received 13 reports, out of which one has been
conclusively debated while 12 are still pending.
The Assembly received and deliberated on 17 substantive motions and
adopted 31 major resolutions; it received seven major communications, including
requests to revise the 2024 Supplementary Budget and confirm the governor’s
nominees for appointment as chairman and members of the Benue State House of
Assembly Service Commission.
The House subsequently proceeded on recess, marking the end of the
Second Sitting of the Second Legislative Session of the Tenth Assembly.
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