Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has signed six bills into law.
Signing the bills into law Governor Bala says his administration will continue to honour the names of the patriots who contributed positively to the advancement of the state and Nigeria.
He reiterated his commitment to providing a legislative framework to ensure a clear departure from casual approaches to governance to institutional and legally backed initiatives.
The Governor was speaking in Bauchi while signing the six bills into law in the presence of the Speaker, Bauchi State House for Assembly, BAHA, Abubakar Yakubu Suleiman and other principal officers,, at the Bauchi Government House.
The bills are Sa’adu Zungur University Bill 2024, Bauchi State Farmers and Herders Board Law, and Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board Law. the Bauchi State Rural Access Road Law, the Bauchi State Children Access to Basic Education Law, and a law to establish the Border Communities Development Agency 2024.
The governor explained that the objective of the bills is to explore opportunities for job creation, access to education, and provide adequate security, safety, and worth for our people, both living in rural and urban settlements.
He commended that the members of the State House of Assembly studied the details of the bills before passing them for assent, pointing out that these showed the cordial relationship between the legislatures and the executive arms of the government.
He said The laws according to Mohammed, will facilitate the advancement of security, education, healthcareand rural development, acknowledging the House for backing and support.
Earlier speaking, the Speaker, BAHA, Rt Abubakar Y. Sulieman said the laws have a direct bearing on the lives of citizens, adding that the House in the 2nd tenure of Governor Bala, recieved from the Executive 16 bills out of which 11 were passed, 5 were ascented and other six would be signed into law today.
Suleiman commended Mohammed for providing enabling playing ground for the House to work on its constitutional responsibilities.
He said all the laws and bills were carefully scrutinized by the legislative members in line with the developmental trends of the state, and if properly implemented, they would have a direct bearing on the lives of the people of the state as well as serve as a means to reduce the high rate of unemployment among the masses.
Suleimam called on the people to continue to support the present administration, adding that the infrastructure and other developmental projects recorded in the past were the product of cordial relationship-building cooperation between the legislative and executive arms of the government
