Edo Assembly Parting Gift To Gov Obaseki

By Ayodele Oni

A valedictory plenary of the 7th Edo State House of Assembly, has approved the sum of N3.5billion contract facility for Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The session ended on Thursday with the 10-member Assembly led by Marcus Onubun, dominating affairs for four years.

The remaining 24 members, mainly All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains, went underground over the crisis which greeted the inauguration of the Legislature .

The 10-member Lawmakers, also, amended and passed the Pension Rights Bill of the Governor and Deputy Governor Law, 2007, which had earlier been denied the Governor.

In addition, the Assembly, at the Committee of the whole House, also, considered and passed a Bill to amend a law to make provisions for the emolument of elected political officers and Public Officers 2007.

The Speaker, made the disclosure during the valedictory session.

Marcus said the house also screened and confirmed the 15- Commissioner- nominees sent to it by the State Governor on the same day.

Before the House adjourned sine die, it passed a Bill for a Law to provide for Sanitation, Pollution, Waste Management and other Connected Purposes in Edo State and to Repeal the Edo State Sanitation and Pollution Management Law, No 5, 2010.

Other are a Bill for a Law to establish the Unified Local Government Refuse Collection and Disposal Agency, and for Connected Purposes, while the adopted House rules was passed amidst controversies.

The Speaker said the house passed a total of 54 Bills, out of which 48 were assented while 118 resolutions were also passed.