The Ekiti state House of Assembly Friday held a special session to pass the Ekiti State Security Network Agency code-named Amotekun Bill into law.
The assembly, which members were supposed to observe constituency visit on Friday, shelved the legislative duty to hold the special sitting to pass the bill speedily.
The bill passed through the first and second readings during an extensive deliberation on the floor of the House, Thursday, after the draft bill was transmitted by Governor Kayode Fayemi to the House.
Subsequently, it was referred to the Committee of the House on Security and Special Duties, headed by a lawmaker representing Ekiti East Constituency II, Lateef Akanle, who conducted a public hearing attended by traditional rulers, farmers, driver unions, and other stakeholders.
At Friday’s proceedings, Akanle read the outcome of the public hearing at the plenary, which included that Section 5 (I) of the security network bill bordering on the governing board of the security outfit should be headed by a retired law enforcement agent, who should be a man of proven integrity or equivalent in the Nigerian Army not below the rank of Major General.
The speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, expressed confidence that the governor would be thorough with the implementation of the law after his assent.
According to him, “We can be assured that the implementation will be thorough, because we have not passed this bill in vain.”
On some amendments being sought to the final copy by members, Afuye said, “You can’t get a perfect law anywhere and if you pass a law and if it becomes problematic tomorrow, then the mechanism of amendment will set in.”
