RVHA Plans Bill On Environmental Degradation

The Rivers State House of Assembly (RVHA) says it will soon come out with a bill for a law to check environmental degradation in the state.
The Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Environment, Hon Christian Ahiakwo, disclosed this Thursday, while receiving an Award of Excellence by the Assembly press corps in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the committee has released the communiqué of the last Port Harcourt Environmental Summit to use as a frame work for a bill to enact a law for sustainable environment in the state.
He expressed optimism that the bill would address some lapses in the environment, including the use of tyres in burning meat for consumption in the state.
Ahiakwo said that the communiqué also provided a platform to address the issue of gas flaring and climate change in the state and its environs.
On the award, Ahiakwo thanked the Assembly Press Corps for identifying him as the Outstanding House Committee Chairman of the Assembly in two years of the 8th Assembly.
He said the award would spur him to do more to the benefit of Rivers’ people.
Ahiakwo said he has presented over six motions and contributed to the passage of over 10 bills on the floor of the House.
He hinted that he has over three bills he is working on and to present to the House for laws that would impact positively on the people of Rivers State.
Ahiakwo dedicated the award to his committee members and members of the 8th Assembly who supports him in every move that made him stand out as the outstanding house committee chairman of the year.
He also dedicated the award to his constituents and most especially, the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, for providing him the platform that made him to prove his worth as a lawmaker.
Ahiakwo, the lawmaker representing Egba/Egbema/Ndoni Constituency I used the opportunity to call on the Rivers youths to shun violence and embrace Governor Wike’s new vision in the state.

Enoch Epelle