LAWMAKER KICKS AS WATER BILL RESURFACES AT HOUSE OF REPS
THE CONTROVERSIAL NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BILL, 2020, HAS RE-EMERGED ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMIDST SUSPICIONS FROM MEMBERS.
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE FROM BENUE STATE, MARK GBILLAH, WHO RAISED THE ALARM WHEN THE BILL WAS TO BE TAKEN FOR THE FIRST READING SAYS HE IS AWARE THE MATTER LISTED FOR FIRST READING, THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BILL, GENERATED A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITHIN THE HOUSE AND EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WONDERS WHY THE ISSUE IS BEING RE-PRESENTED ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AS SOME OF THE HOUSE MEMBERS ARE NOT COMFORTABLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.”
UPON THE OBJECTION TO THE BILL BROUGHT BY GBILLAH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA SAID HE ASKED THE CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES GAVE AN THE ISSUES OF CONTROVERSY THAT WERE RAISED INITIALLY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY ALL THE GOVERNORS SAYING IT IS A NEW BILL, THAT ALL THE GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERATION – BOTH SOUTH AND NORTH – PARTICIPATED AS THE LEGISLATION WOULD CAPTURE ALL THE INTERESTS OF THE STATES.
IT WILL BE RECALLED PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAD IN 2017 PRESENTED THE CONTROVERSIAL BILL TO BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WHICH SEEKS TO TRANSFER THE CONTROL OF WATER RESOURCES FROM THE STATES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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