The Speaker of the House Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji welcomed the Members of the House to the New Year 2020 after their last sitting on Tuesday 24th December 2019.
The House during Plenary entertained the Report of the House Committee on Agriculture on the Petition Titled “SAVE OUR SOUL, A Call for Urgent Intervention in the crisis Looming between Ubaha-Ummna Community and the Fulani Herdsmen”.
The Chairman of the Abia State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture Hon Barr Okey Igwe Presented the Report.
The House also in Plenary Considered H.A.B 15: The Abia State Number Plate Production Authority Bill,2019 Sponsored by Hon Ginger Onwusibe, the Member Representing Isialangwa North State Constituency.
(A Bill For a Law to Establish the Abia State Number Plate Production Authority and For other matters connected therewith)
“If we Establish an authority to Produce Plate Numbers, there is no doubt that it will generate revenue for Abia State”
“Sometimes when our people buy their cars and go to Register them, sometimes it will stay for one week because of unavailability of Plate Numbers”.
“It’s Going to create Direct Employment and Indirect Employment ”
“It is not an Exclusive Right of the Federal Government to Legislate on this matter,” Hon Ginger Said while Leading the Debate.
After Contributions by Lawmakers, the Speaker Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji said the Bill is a Simple one that seeks to Partner with Federal Road Safety Commission to see to the Production of number plates in Abia.
“It is even easier to get other States Plate Number than Abia State, that is why over 70% of us have their Private Cars Registered with either Abuja or Lagos instead of having ABIA on the Number Plate” Mr Speaker Said.
The Bill was Committed to the Joint Committee of Finance and Transportation for Hearing.
The House adjourned Plenary to Wednesday 29th Day of January 2020.
