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The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki Wednesday sent five bills to the Edo State House of Assembly, including the Disability Rights Bill which seeks to end all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities.
He also sent the Electricity Commission and Agency Bill that aims to increase access to electricity to all Edo residents.
The Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Andrew Emwanta, disclosed this to journalists after the weekly Edo State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting presided over by Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, Benin City.
Other bills are the Edo Property Development Agency (EDPA) Bill, the Criminal Law Bill of Edo State, and the Justice Reform Bill.
He said that the bills were discussed extensively with necessary corrections made, noting that clean copies of the bills will be sent to the Edo House of Assembly for legislative action.
On her part, Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe, disclosed that external candidates will no longer be allowed to write exams in government-owned and private schools across the state.
According to her, “The EXCO mandated the Ministry of Education to put out a public announcement to inform parents and proprietors of private schools as well as public schools’ principals that effective immediately, no external candidates will be allowed to write any exams in Edo.
“This affects West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO), Junior Secondary school as well as primary six exams. The EXCO is only reinforcing this message for the ministry implementation extant policy; this is not a new thing.”
[24/02, 6:13 am] INN CEO DY: Humanitarian crisis: 40,000 IDPs returns in Nasarawa
No fewer than 40,000 Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) have returned to their ascentral homes from humanitarian crisis in 2021 in Nasarawa state.Mr Zachary Zamani-Allumaga, the Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA), disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia.Zamani-Allumaga said that the IDPs were products of Humanitarian crises ranging from farmers/herders crisis and communal crisis among others.
The executive secretary listed Awe, Obi, Doma, Keana, Toto, and Lafia local government areas as some of humanitarian crises areas that had recorded the number of the IDPs in the state.“47,675 is the total numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) recorded across the state in 2021.“Out of this figure, over 40,000 IDPs have returned home, leaving only few in their various camps across the state,” he said.Zamani- Allumaga lauded Gov. Abdullahi Sule for giving adequate attention to the plights of IDPs and other citizens in the state.“
I must commend Gov. Abdullahi Sule for giving adequate attention to the plights of IDPs in the state.“He has provided relief materials to the victims of Humanitarian and other forms of crises across the state.” And this has improved on the standard of living of the IDPs across the state,” he said.Allumaga also urged farmers/herders and other people of the state to live in peace and tolerate one another irrespective of their affiliations.
The executive secretary further urged the people of the state to always expose the criminally minded people especially the youth for peace to reign. ( NAN)