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Delta Assembly received 34 bills, passed 18 into law, says Oborevwori

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Festus Ahon, Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha SPEAKER of the  Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori has said that house received a total of 34 bills for legislative actions in the last one year, saying 18 had been passed into law. Making the disclosure at a press conference in Asaba to mark the second anniversary of the Sixth Delta State House of Assembly, Oborevwori said 10 of of them were executive and 24 private member bills. He said 18 of the bills had been passed and that 12 had  been assented to by the Governor with six awaiting assent. He added that 16 others were at different stages of legislative processes of lawmaking, including committees scrutiny. Oborevwori listed the bills that had been  assented to by the governor to include, the Delta State Economic Council Amendment Bill, among others. The Delta State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, the Delta State Security Trust Fund Amendment Bill, Delta...