Nasarawa Assembly Passes Public Procurement Commission Bill

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed the bill for the establishment of Nasarawa State Public Procurement Commission.
The assembly passed the bill at plenary yesterday in Lafia  after the Deputy Majority Leader Mr Daniel Ogazi, moved a motion for the bill to scale third reading.
The House Speaker, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, said the bill, if assented to by the governor, would ensure transparency and accountability in the purchase of goods and services by the state government.
Balarabe-Abdullahi said the bill would also ensure equitable distribution of resources amongst the ministries, departments and agencies in the state.
He commended the lawmakers for the passage and directed the Clerk of the House to produce clean copies of the bill for the governor’s assent.
Ogazi, who stood in for the Majority Leader, Alhaji Tanko Tunga, while moving the motion for the passage of the bill, called on his colleagues to support his motion considering its importance to the state.
The Minority Leader of the House Mr Danladi Jatau (PDP- Kokona West), seconded the motion, which was unanimously accepted by other lawmakers.
Our source reports that the assembly had to cut short its recess on December 31, 2019, for the second reading of the bill.