Delta Assembly Begins Public Hearing On Proposed Security Bill

Delta House of Assembly has opened public hearing on a
Bill seeking to establish the State Peace and Vigilante Commission.

Declaring
the public hearing open in Asaba, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly,
Mr Victor Ochei said that security was very critical to the development of the
state.

The
Speaker, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Basil Ganagana said that the
proposed law was in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria as amended.

Ochei
cited Sections 4 and Sub-section 2(b), 7 and 14 as relevant sections of the
constitution that support the bill.

The
Chairman of the Committee on Peace and Security, Mr Benjamin Essien-Okiemute
said that the bill was introduced by the House.

According
to him, it is to enhance peace and security as well as carry out security
surveillance services throughout the state.

Okiemute
said that the bill when passed into law, would also help in the investigation
of security threats and breaches in the state.

He
appealed to the stakeholders to be free in their presentation, adding that this
would assist the committee in enacting a good law.

In
their brief presentations, representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps said that the position of the constitution on
security issues should be looked into.

They
observed that there was already an existing “Private Guard Company Act’’ of the
National Assembly that was being regulated by the Corps.