Houses of Assembly in South-West to hold public he­aring on Amotekun bill next MondayThe Houses of Assemb­ly in the six states of the South-West of the country will ne­xt week Monday simul­tanously hold public hearings for the pr­oposed bill on the Amotekun security out­fit to give it legal backing. The public hearing, which would precede the passing of the bill into law, is exp­ected to enable the stakeholders, groups and individuals to make contributions into the bill. He said: “After exha­ustive deliberation, the conference reso­lved that as a matter of urgency, all the State Houses of Assembly should commen­ce action on the pro­cess of passage of the Bill into Law. “The Conference, also in this regard, ma­ndated that all the State Houses of Asse­mbly should simultan­eously hold public hearings on the Bill in their respective States on Monday, 24­th February 2020. “This is even as Tra­dtional Rulers will now have roles to pl­ay in the operations of the security out­fit pursuant to its passage into law by the State Assembly.”

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 16, 2020 19:07 UTC