Fayemi Assents 6 Bills Into Law To Enhance Wellbeing Of The People

The governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has signed six bills into law aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of the people of the state.

The governor also stressed that the collaboration of the six bills signed into law would help to strengthened the state to becoming more virile state.

Fayemi signed the bills into law on Wednesday.

The bills that were signed into law include Ekiti State (Transition) Law 2019; Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law 2019; Ekiti Kete Fiscal Responsibility Law 2019 and Ekiti State Board of Internal Revenue Law 2019.

Other bills are College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti Law 2019 and Ekiti State College of Health Sciences and Technology Law 2019.

Fayemi stressed that the support of the people would be required in building a virile state, while commending the state house of assembly for a job well done, adding that, they have done a lot to impact on the people towards achieving a stronger Ekiti of their dreams.

He said “I have no doubt in my mind that the new set of legislations that I’ve just signed will also enhance our restoration agenda and make a meaningful impact in the life of our people.

“The three arms of government as we all know are to complement one another for good governance, peace and harmony. I’m glad that our Lawmakers are living up to their constitutional responsibility, legislation, representation, appropriation and oversight, these they must continue to carry out with the larger interest of Ekiti people at the back of their minds.

“The effectiveness and efficiency of our Lawmakers excite me, what they have done within four months in office can only be made possible where there is peace and harmony among the rank and file of the assembly. This has further shown their readiness, dedication and commitment to serve Ekiti people.”

Speaking on the Ekiti State Transition Law 2019, according to the Governor the law was prompted by “The difficulty experienced by our incoming administration in the event of power transfer which is often better left imagined, that is what informed the decision to set in specific terms, expectation of incoming and outgoing government during transition.

On the new law on ‘Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) law 2019’, Fayemi said, “The re-enacted Gender-based prohibition Legislation improves on the earlier 2013 law in light of the inadequacy of that earlier law particularly by adding community naming and shaming to the sexual violence offenders register and incorporating stiffer penalties for convicted offenders.”

On the Ekiti state Fiscal Responsibility Law 2019 he said, “The re-enactment of the Fiscal Responsibility Law represents a key finance instrument in regulating the behavior of government with regards to public finance management, fiscal responsibility and transparency.”