The Delta State House of Assembly has fixed Tuesday, February 18, 2025, for the conduct of the public hearing on a bill to establish the Delta State Food Security Agency.
Organized by the joint House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Special Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, the public hearing is scheduled for 2pm at the Press Center, Assembly Complex, Okpanam Road, Asaba.
A statement issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Perkins Umukoro, called for written and oral inputs from the Ministry of Lands and Survey, Directorate of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs , Ministry of Justice, Delta State chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), civil society organizations and other stakeholders from the public and private sectors.
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The statement urged interested individuals, organizations and bodies to send written inputs to the clerk of the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, at the state assembly complex for proper documentation.
It said all memoranda should be in 20 copies, enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the chairman, House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and marked ‘Delta State Food Security Agency Bill’, to reach the clerk of the committee on or before February 17, 2025.
The Delta State Food Security Agency Establishment Bill was referred to the joint House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and Special Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, after its second reading on February 5, 2025 for further legislative action.
