The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed the bill for the creation of three additional Local Council Development Areas in the state.
This followed the adoption and ratifying of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
This was done at Thursday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, in Ado-Ekiti.
The new additional LCDAs are: Eso One, with headquarters in Ikoro-Ekiti; Ikole with headquarters in Usin-Ekiti; and Ayede with headquarters in Ayede-Ekiti.
The News Agency Nigeria recalls that the law for the creation of 19 LCDAs had earlier been assented to by Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The bill, titled: “A Bill for a Law for the Creation of Three Local Council Development Areas in Ekiti (Amendment) Bill, 2022,” was submitted by the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, chaired by Tope Ogunleye.
The bill for a Law to Repeal and Re-Enact the Ekiti Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti, 2022 was also passed.
The House adopted the report of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology submitted by its Chairman, Kemi Balogun, and its eventual passage.
Furthermore, the assembly committed the Ekiti Local Government Administration Bill, 2022 to the Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for further legislative scrutiny.
It, thereafter, adjourned plenary to September 20, 2022.