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Assembly passes bill to establish specialist veterinary hospital in Sokoto

This development followed the consideration of a report by the House Committee on Animal Health and Fisheries development.

• August 30, 2022
Sokoto State House of Assembly
Sokoto State House of Assembly [Photo Credit: TVC News]

The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for a law to establish a specialist veterinary hospital in the state.

This development followed the consideration of the House Committee on Animal Health and Fisheries development report presented by Bello Ambarura (APC- Illela), the committee’s acting chairman.

Mr Ambarura said the committee, following the importance of the task, met all necessary stakeholders to ensure proper deliberation on the bill.

He said the committee was led by Umar Sahabi (PDP- Binji), who died on August 17 following a brief illness.

According to him, the committee, after the necessary scrutiny, came up with 12 observations and 13 recommendations for the consideration of the assembly.

Moving for the third reading of the bill, Malami Basakkwace, the majority leader of the assembly, said establishing the hospital was important and necessary.

“The bill got its first and second reading, respectively on March 16 and was referred to the committee for scrutiny and recommendations to the assembly.

“Therefore, I call on the lawmakers to allow the bill to scale to its third reading and support the government toward achieving this very important goal,” he said.

Deputy Speaker Abubakar Magaji, who presided over the sitting, put the motion into a voice vote and it was unanimously adopted by the lawmakers. 

(NAN)

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