By George Mgbeleke<\/p>\n
The Senate, on Wednesday, at plenary passed the 2024 South-East Development Commission Act Amendment Bill, 2025.<\/p>\n
The upper legislative Assembly carried out the amendment following the presentation of the amendment bill by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), during plenary session.<\/p>\n
The bill was given accelerated passage since it had gone through first and second readings, following the suspension of Senate Rule 7(1).<\/p>\n
Presenting the bill, Bamidele noted that the bill sought to amend the South-East Development Commission Act 2024, to reconcile the lacuna that exists in the Act as it relates to the appointment of executive directors<\/p>\n
He explained that the amendment became necessary so as to ensure uniformity and equality.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may recall that we debated and passed the South-South, South-West and North-Central Development Commission amendment bills yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe South-East Commission was inadvertently omitted from the list,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Senate had resolved that there should be uniformity and equality in the development commissions, hence the need for the amendment,\u201d Bamidele said.<\/p>\n
Consequently, the Senate Leader pleaded with his colleagues in the apex Assembly to expeditiously pass the bill.<\/p>\n
After listening to Bamidele’s persuasion, the Senate then went into a clause-by-clause consideration of the document and subsequently passed the amended bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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