A bill to control outdoor buildings for the show of signage, hoardings, and ads, and for different associated functions, has been handed into legislation by the Benue State Home of Assembly.
The bill was handed after scaling by way of its third studying throughout a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon. Berger Alfred Emberga.
With the passage of the bill, outdoor advertising will probably be regulated to make sure the environmental aesthetics of the state, whereas additionally producing income.
Members of the Home unanimously handed the bill after dissolving right into a Committee of the Entire, following the presentation of a report by the Home Standing Committee on ICT and Digital Financial system, chaired by Hon. Samuel Ismaila Agada of Ogbadibo State Constituency.
Presenting the committee’s report earlier than its passage, the committee chairman mentioned that correct implementation of the legislation would enhance the state’s internally generated income.
He said that two billion naira is the projected month-to-month internally generated income for the state if the bill is assented to by the Government Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia.
Hon. Agada added that, past income technology, the passage of the bill would create employment alternatives for the teeming youths of Benue State.
After contemplating the bill clause by clause, it was ultimately handed into legislation by the Home.
The Speaker, Rt Hon. Berger Alfred Emberga, thanked members for his or her diligence, thoroughness, and immense contributions throughout deliberations on the bill and the committee’s report, commending them for giving it accelerated consideration and well timed passage into legislation.
