The Plateau State House of Assembly has has on Tuesday passed a Bill for a Law to Establish the Plateau State Erosion and Watershed Management Agency.
The passage, followed a report of the House Committee on Environment and Solid Minerals, presented by the Committee Chairman. Hon Pirfa Tyem.
The house also during the Tuesday’s Plenary passed for second reading the 2023 appropriation bill and subsequently committed the bill to house Committee on Appropriation for further inputs by the various house Committee.
Presenting an overview of the 2023 Appropriation bill, the house majority leader, Hon Naanlong Daniel, noted that base on the components and sectorial allocation, the budget when carefully implemented is going to be realistic.
The speaker, Yakubu Yackson Sanda who presided over the plenary, urged the various house Committees to ensure strict and due process in their legislative assignments.
Also at the plenary, a bill for a Law to Establish the Plateau State Performance Management Office, standing in the name of the house majority leader, Naanlong Daniel, passed it’s first reading.
A motion of matter of Urgent Public Importance, was raised by member representing Bokkoss Constituency, Amurudu Useini, calling on the State Ministry of Health to deploy health personnels to the completed Comprehensive Hospital, at Siken,Kulere Chiefdom in his constituency.
He noted that, since the completion of the health facility more than a year ago by the Sustainable Development Goal, no active medical activities has taken place, and people within the Communities are in dire need of medical attention.
The house member noted that, members of the community have to trek for more than 40 Kilometers to access health care services, due to poor road network leading to the Local Government Headquarters, which he observed is on call for.
Amurudu, while appealing to the house to undertake an assessment visit to the facility, equally urged the State Ministry of Health to deploy it’s Medical Personnels to man the hospital, adding that the facility has 12 Wards, Surgical Unit, an Ambulance and other Medical equipments.
Speaker of the house, Yakubu Yackson Sanda, while summing-up the resolution of members, mandated the house Committee on Health to investigate the matter, including other health facilities with similar challenges and report back to the house with their findings in two weeks time.
Meanwhile the house has adopted it’s house standing Committees, with some minor changes.