Delta Assembly Receives Report On State Account From 2016-2018

The Delta State House of Assembly at plenary has received the report of the Auditor General for state on the accounts of the state government for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018,

The Speaker Delta State House of Assemble, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori who presided over the plenary, commended the Auditor General for the prompt submission of the report in line with the requirement of the state financial law.

The Speaker, who commended the House Committee on Public Accounts, headed by, Hon Anthony Elekeokwuri, representing Ika North East Constituency, however referred the report to the public accounts committee for scrutiny and to report back to the House on November 10, 2019.

The House also at plenary received the report of the ad-hoc committee on the review of the Customary Court Law 2019.

The Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Hon Tim Owhefere who is also the Majority Leader of the House who presented the report said that the ad-hoc Committee in carrying out its mandate scrutinized the various sections of the law and also received inputs from the State Customary Court and other relevant stakeholders.

He said a proposed amendment was made on section five, subsection three which tenured the position of a judge instead of a pensionable position.

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The House adjourned plenary to Tuesday October 15, 2019 and also slated the reading of the Bill till same day.