2020: Bayelsa Assembly Renders Account Of Stewardship

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has rendered its acount of stewardship for the year 2020.
Briefing newsmen in Yenagoa, the House Chairman, Committee on Information and Media as well as member representing Ekeremor Constituency 1, Hon.Tari Porri said the Assembly in the outgoing  year presented a total of 28 bills.
Porri noted that out of the 28 bills that were before the Assembly,18 were passed just as he hinted that 10 were still pending.
While commending the executive for a cordial working relationship with the House, the Assembly spokesman described the year 2020 as tough.
According to him, but for the impact of the novel Covid-19 pandemic on the workings of the state legislature, the House would have surpassed the   expectations of the public.
The lawmaker applauded the media for what he described as unbiased reportage of the House, saying the Speaker of the 6th Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the Rt. Hon. Abraham Ngobere and other members of the House were more committed to the wellbeing and socioe-conomic transformation of the state.
“The 6th Bayelsa State House of Assembly led by the Rt. Hon. Abraham Ngobere is committed to the overall development of the state”.
“ You would recall that under the 6th Assembly Bayelsa State now has the Fiscal Responsibility Act. All citizens of the state can now make inputs into our budgetary processes”, he added.
Similarly, the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has debunked the insinuations that it approved a #3billion naira loan for the state government.
The  approved loan, the Assembly image- maker said, was a counterpart fund for the Sustainable Development Goals,SDGs office, adding that the loan would be paid into SDG’s account for execution of relevant projects.
The House reiterated its resolve to always partner the executive and other tears of government in impacting and implementing developmental programmes in the state