Plateau Assembly mulls periodic briefs from commissioners, others

By Muhammad Tanko Shittu

Jos Commissioners and heads of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will, henceforth, be called upon to give periodic briefings to the Plateau state House of Assembly. This was the House’s resolution yesterday, at its plenary, at the instance of former deputy speaker, Yusuf Gagdi, in a motion.

He said based on the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended in Section 108(2), which empowered them to invite commissioners and heads of MDAs, the House needed to be inviting them to brief it time after time. The lawmakers unanimously supported the motion, saying that the “commissioners shall be invited.” House deputy speaker, Sale Shehu, who presided over the plenary, directed the Clark to draft a time table on how the invitation would be extended to the concerned. Meanwhile, the House has adjourned plenary till August 15, 2017.

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