With barely one week to round-off his tenure, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has signed into law Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N71 billion approved by the State House of Assembly, which comprises of N65.5 billion for capital expenditure and N5.6 billion as recurrent expenditure.
Besides the Appropriation Bill, Governor Okowa also assented to eight other bills including the Delta State Development and Property Authority Bill; 2022, Delta State Good Governance and Accountability Bill 2022; and Delta State Sickle Cell Disorder Control Bill, 2023.
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The others are the High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Delta State Thanksgiving Day Bill, 2023; Delta State Creative Industry Development Bill, 2023; Delta State Polytechnic Burutu Bill, 2023; and College of Health Science and Technology Bill, 2023.
He used the opportunity to thank the state lawmakers for ensuring that in the course of their legislation they always thought of Delta State first before personal interest.
Addressing journalists after signing the bills, Speaker of the State House of Assembly who is the Governor-elect, Sheriff Oborevwori said he is desirous of translating his experiences from the legislature to the executive arm of the government.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
