A BILL TO ESTABLISH ZAMFARA EXAMINATION BOARD PASSES SECOND READING
A bill to enact law for the establishment of Zamfara Examination Board passed second reading at the state house of assembly.
The bill passed second reading during the assembly’s plenary.
The Leader of the House, Alhaji Faruku Musa Dosara while moving the motion called on the house to give the bill its second reading and refer it to appropriate committee for scrutiny.
Dosara noted that establishment of the board became necessary to address challenges facing the state as regards to payment of Senior Secondary School Examinations (SSCE).
“It is very unfortunate that the state was owing examination bodies millions of naira.
“As representatives of people, we cannot allow our children to continue experiencing difficulties in writing final year examinations.
“As I am speaking now, examination bodies still holding results of our children who graduated from secondary schools in the past two or three years”, House Leader added.
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Seconding the motion, the Chairman house committee on Education and member representing Maru North, Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma, called on members of the house to agree with the motion.
Kanoma said establishment of the board would address lingering challenges of non payment of examination fees for secondary school leavers.
The Speaker, Alhaji Nasiru Mua’zu Magarya described the bill as timely and welcomed development considering the importance of education to future of every society.
Magarya ordered the Deputy Clerk of the house, Mahmud Aliyu to give the bill its second reading.
The Speaker further directed the house committee on education to scrutinize the bill and report to the house in the next one month.
A BILL TO ESTABLISH ZAMFARA EXAMINATION BOARD PASSES SECOND READING
