By Festus Ahon
ASABA- DELTA State House of Assembly, Thursday amended the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC law of 2015 to empower Governor Ifeanyi Okowa extend the tenure of the present Board for not more than one year.
Moving motion for the amendment which was seconded by Mr Daniel Mayuku and subsequently adopted by the House, the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Mr Oboro Preyor explained that the sections to be amended include Section Five by deleting the word “Communities” and replacing it with “Areas”.
He said a new section was added Section 7 (2) , which reads that the Governor may through a request to the House of Assembly, extend the tenure of the Board for a period of not more than one year only.
To this end, Preyor moved for the suspension of Order 12 rule, 75,76,77,78,79 and 80 in order for the House to take the third reading…
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