Nasarawa Assembly passes climate change bill
Nasarawa Assembly passes climate change bill
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to provide for state policy on mainstreaming of climate change actions in the state.
The bill is to provide for the establishment of a Climate Change Advisory Committee and other related purposes.
Dr Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House announced the passage of the bill into law during plenary on Monday in Lafia.
The speaker said that the bill was aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change on the environment and for the benefit of the people of the state.
He said that the bill, if assented to by Gov. Abdullah I Sule, would establish Climate Change Advisory Committee to be headed by the governor, and the Climate Change Agency which would formulate climate change related policies.
He appreciated Mr Mohammed Omadefu (APC- Keana), for sponsoring the bill, and other colleagues for their inputs in ensuring that the bill was passed into law.
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“A Bill for a Law to Provide for Nasarawa State Policy on Climate Change for the Mainstreaming of Climate Change Actions in Nasarawa State, to Provide for the Establishment of a Climate Change Advisory Committee and other Related Purposes read for the third time and passed,” he said
The speaker directed the clerk of the House to produce a clean copy of the bill for Sule’s assent.
Earlier, Mr Suleiman Azara, the Majority Leader of the House, moved a motion for the bill to scale third reading, seconded by Luka Zhekaba, the Minority Leader of the Assembly.
The Assembly, thereafter, unanimously passed the bill into law.
