Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state signed eight bills into law as part of activities marking the end of the fifth Assembly in the state.
Fayemi assented to the bills ahead of the inauguration tomorrow of the new 26-member assembly made up of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor said his action was to further demonstrate the strong political will of his administration to always implement good laws for the people of the state.
Bills assented to include the Ekiti state Development and Investment Promotion Agency Law 2019 , Ekiti state Administration of Civil Justice Law 2019, and College of Agriculture and Technology Reenactment Law 2019.
Others are Ekiti state Logo Reenactment law 2019, Ekiti state Local Government Administration Law 2019 and Ekiti State Property Protection and Anti Land Grabbing Law 2019.
The rest are Ekiti state Security Trust Fund Amendment Law 2019 and Ekiti state Waste Management Authority Repeal Law 2019.
The governor gave an assurance that the laws, including those before it, would be implemented to ensure the overall development of the state.
“History is made in different forms, but I consider our partnership as historic partnership, not minding that many of you came from the PDP, while the executive branch that took over on October 16 , 2018, was from the APC.
“I cannot recall anytime in the last 20 years when eight bills were signed into law, so this is significant and these are laws that are important to our state.
“The administration of civil justice law was pioneered by Ekiti state. Some of the laws like, “land grabbing law” will help us tackle some of our challenges with land owners, ” he said.
Also, the outgoing Speaker of the House, Ebenezer Alagbada, said the assembly had been able to pass 10 bills since Fayemi took over.
