The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday adopted a business calendar of 60 days for the commencement of legislative activities for first quarter of first session of the 8th Assembly.
The adoption of the business calendar was sequel to a motion moved by Hon. Sunny Ojiezele (PDP, Esan South-East) and seconded by Hon. Kingsley Ugabi (APC, Estako East) on the floor of the House.
Moving the motion, Hon. Ojiezele said that the first session has a total of 60 sitting days for legislative activities.
According to him, the months of June, July and August have 11, 26 and 23 days, respectively, while Thursday and Friday are for committee and oversight function.
Also during plenary, the speaker Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, thanked Edo people for giving lawmakers of the 8th Assembly the mandate to represent them.
He also congratulated the lawmakers on the successful inauguration of the 8th Assembly which marked the commencement of legislative activities.
“These seats we are occupying are not for us but for Edo people. We are only holding it in trust for the people,” Agbebaku said.
“We are here to ensure that the dividends of democracy get to our people. We will ensure that we work in synergy with the executive to make Edo great again,” he said.
He thanked the governor for the opportunity and assured of the cooperation of the House to achieve the Make Edo Great Again (MEGA) agenda of the governor.
