Adamawa Assembly passes Social Protection Bill
The Adamawa State House of Assembly on Monday passed a Bill for a Law to provide for Social Protection. The Social Protection Bill, sponsored by the Assembly Majority Leader, Kate
The Adamawa State House of Assembly on Monday passed a Bill for a Law to provide for Social Protection.
The Social Protection Bill, sponsored by the Assembly Majority Leader, Kate Raymond Mamuno, provides for coordinated interventions for vulnerable populations, including the physically challenged, the unemployed, the aged, widows, and the sick.
Developed with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (through GIZ Nigeria) and the European Union (EU) under the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection, Participation, and Economic Resilience in North East Nigeria (SEPIN- SUSI) programme, the bill is designed generally to make government lend a hand to otherwise disadvangated residents so that all people could have more meaningful life.
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The passage of the Social Protection Bill followed its third reading which was moved by Kate Mamuno and seconded by the Minority Leader, Sulaiman Umar Alkali.
After deliberation, the Bill was read for the third time and subsequently passed by the House.
Following its passage, the Speaker Bathiya Wesley who Presided over the session directed the Clerk of the House to prepare a clean copy for onward transmission to the state governor for assent.
