LAFIA – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into second reading ‘A Bill for a Law to Provide for the Establishment of Nasarawa State Asset Management Authority’ ( NASAMA) and for Other Matters Related Thereto.
Dr Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House, announced the passage of the bill during the House proceedings on Tuesday in Lafia.
Jatau said that the bill, if passed into law, would ensure transparency and accountability in the management of the state assets/properties.
He then committed the bill to the Joint Committee on Works and Transport and Public Account to work on and report back to the House on Aug.24.
Earlier, Mr Daniel Ogazi, the Sponsor of the bill, said that the bill would ensure adequate control and maintenance of government properties across the state.
“Mr Speaker and Honourable colleagues, this bill will ensure transparency and accountability in the management of state properties.
“We have a lot of assets that have been abandoned, depreciated and sometimes governments do not know the numbers of assets they have in the state and the country.
“So, we need to have an agency that will ensure proper record of the state assets as this bill will ensure transparency and accountability in the management of the state assets,” he said.
Ogazi called on his colleagues to support the bill to scale second reading.
Contributing, other members such as Jacob Kudu, Esson Mairiga, Dr Hajarat Danyaro, Ibrahim Sa’ad, Suleiman Azara and Mohammed Isimbabi supported the bill to scale second reading.
They said that the bill would also address abandonment of projects in the state and create employment among other benefits to the state.(NAN)
