The Speaker, House of Representatives, Prof. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday said the House was committed to making laws that would improve the living standard of the vulnerable in the country.
Dogara said this at a public hearing on the Bill for an Act to protect “the elderly and vulnerable persons’’ along five other bills on social welfare in Abuja.
Represented by the Deputy Minority Whip of the house, Rep. Binta Bello, at the event organised by Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Dogara reaffirmed that primary purpose of government was security and well-being of citizens.
“No nation can lay claim to civilisation and development without a clear policy, structured to take care of the less-privileged.
“The House of Representatives is committed to making laws that will go a long way to raise the standard of living…
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