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Adamawa Assembly Passes Bill For Financial Autonomy To State Judiciary
- The Legal Adviser, after submitting the Bill, urged the lawmakers to graciously consider and okay the legislation
Ekohotblog reports that the law providing financial autonomy to the state judiciary as an arm of government has been passed by the Adamawa State House of Assembly.
Comrade Aminu Abdulkadir, JUSUN’s Legal Adviser, had previously submitted a bill to the State Assembly titled “A bill for a law to provide for the management of funds accruing to the State Judiciary from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State to ensure accountability, transparency, effective and efficient utilisation of the funds.”
After proposing the bill, the Legal Adviser asked parliamentarians to thoughtfully review and approve it, adding that passage would enable the judiciary to fulfill its tasks properly.
Comrade Aminu stressed that; “granting financial independence to the judiciary will ensure smooth running of the judicial system in the state,” he prayed the lawmakers to consider the merits of the bill and passed it in the interest of Adamawa State.
Following the bill’s filing, Speaker of the Assembly Hon Aminu Iya Abbas took it upon himself to sponsor the bill, which was joined by the other 24 legislators.
The bill successfully sailed through first and second readings before Hon. Abdullahi Umar Yapak (Verre) made a motion for the suspension of House Standing Order 71, and it was suspended and given rapid passage.
Hon Yapak’s motion followed the presentation of a report by the House Committee on Judiciary headed by Hon Pwamwakeno Mackondo (Numan) after which it was unanimously deliberated upon and subsequently adopted.
The Speaker, thereafter, directed the Clerk to prepare a clean copy of the bill and send it to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for his assent which will make the new bill become operational.
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