The Ekiti State House of Assembly has once again reiterates it’s commitment to virile oversight functions and robust representation
The speaker Rt.Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye stated this while addressing the chairmen and members of all the Standing Committees of the House during the plenary session at the Assembly Complex in Ado Ekiti.
He emphasized on the needs for proper monitoring of all the ongoing projects and charged the Committee on Works and transports to embark on serious oversight to all the on going road projects, overhead bridge and to ensure that the Contractors handling the projects in their various sites do the work to specification.
Rt Hon.Aribasoye enjoins the lawmakers to be painstaking on the proposed 2025 Appropriation estimate, he called on the MDA’s to present their work plans to the Committees at the on going budget defense and make sure that the work plans must be in tandem with the vision and mission of the present administration.
At the plenary session, the House also commenced debate on Ekiti State Pension Reform Law (1st Amendment) Bill 2024, Ekiti State House of Assembly Loans Board (first Amendment)Bill 2024 and Ekiti State Senior Secondary School Board Bill 2024.
Leading the debate on the bill, the Majority leader of the House, Hon.Tolulope Ige described the bill as timely aimed at improving the lives of the Civil servants and safeguard the Interest of the Pensioners and Retirees in the state.
adding that the Ekiti State House of Assembly Loans Board Bill will widen the legislative service structure and create more opportunities for the bureaucrats by incorporating the Staff Pension and Loans Board.
Similarly, the House also debated on the Ekiti State Senior Secondary School Board Bill aimed at establishing the Board that will see to the affairs of Senior Secondary Schools in the State, this will engender quality and standardized schools management and as well strengthen educational system in the state.
Contributing to the debate, the Lawmakers, Hon.Oluwole Akanle, Jacob Awoniyi, Rt. Hon. Hakeem Jamiu, Hon.Iyabo Fakunle-Okieimen, Abiodun Fawekun and Babatunde Oke among others highlighted the importance of the bills, which would be of great benefit to the development of Ekiti people and therefore saugth for urgent legislative assessment and passage.
Meanwhile, the House has confirmed the nomination of the appointment of Mrs Tolabo Omowumi Ajibade as a member of Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC)
