Date: 2019-12-11

Three Bills have passed First and Second readings at the Kwara State House of Assembly.

The Bills are: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision)(Amendment) Bill, 2019, Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Kwara State University (Amended) Bill, 2019.

The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision)(Amendment) Bill, 2019 is to amend the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Law, Cap. L8, to replace the Permanent Secretary with the Secretary of the Commission as the administrative head and make the Chairman the Accounting Officer.

The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is to amend the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission Law Cap. is to replace the Permanent Secretary with the Secretary of the Board as the administrative head and make the Chairman the Accounting Officer.

Also, the Kwara State University (Amended) Bill, 2019 is to amend the Kwara State University Law, No.13 of 2008, to among other things, revert the name of the University from Abubakar Sola Saraki to Kwara State University.

The Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Yakubu Danladi Salihu referred the Bills to the relevant committees of the House for further legislative action.

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