The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to enact the Edo State College of Health Sciences and Technology Law 2023.
The passage of the bill was sequel to the presentation and consideration of the report by the House Committee on Health.
At the committee of the whole, the lawmakers considered the bill clause by clause and passed all sections of the bill without amendment.
Also, a bill for a law to regulate fishery in Edo State passed through a second reading during plenary.
Leading the debate for the passage of the bill, the Majority Leader, Hon. Charity Aiguobarueghian, said the bill if passed would regulate fishery activities and protect water bodies in the state.
Other lawmakers unanimously supported the passage of the bill.
The speaker, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, thereafter directed the bill to the House Committee on Agriculture with a mandate to report back within two days.
Meanwhile, the speaker has assured aggrieved members of the Tipper Drivers Association of justice, saying that their petition to the house against the current chairman of the association was receiving attention.
Addressing the protesting tipper drivers at the entrance of the assembly, Agbebaku told them that the house would look into the issues raised in the petition.
He directed the warring parties to send 10 delegates each to the house to have a meeting with the ad-hoc committee handling the matter.
“We have about seven lawyers in the house and we promise you that we will look into those that have been allegedly suspended with a view to finding out whether the suspension is legal or illegal,” Rt. Hon. Agbebaku said.
Earlier, Mr Joseph Idahosa, who led the tipper drivers to the assembly, said the current chairman of the association has changed the constitution twice in one year to illegally extend his tenure in office.
Idahosa also alleged that the current chairman has also placed every member who was opposed to his tenure elongation on suspension.
He called on the house to intervene in the matter, adding that the aggrieved members numbering over 160 have been unjustly denied means of livelihood since their suspension for over five months ago.
