The bill for establishment of the Ekiti state Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps has passed through first and second readings on Thursday at the Ekiti State House of Assembly
The bill, had also been committed to the House Committee on Security, for proper legislative scrutiny.
The State executive council Wednesday adopted the draft bill of the proposed law at its weekly meeting before transmission to the assembly.
At the plenary, it was a unanimous agreement that every Nigeria has right to life in line with Section 33 of the 1999 Constitution as espoused by Section 4 (C ) of the Amotekun bill which emphasized protection of lives and property as primary responsibility of security outfit.
Speaking on the floor of the House, the Speaker, Hon Funminiyi Afuye, said the House won’t violate the rules and standing order in quest to accord the bill expeditious passage.
“It has passed through the first and second readings. Both moral and jurisprudence aspects of the bill had been extensively debated. We have committed it to the Committee of the House , which will be holding a public hearing today(Thursday) at 2pm.
“We are still on course and in line with procedures of lawmaking. We have not breached any procedure and we won’t breach the procedure in passing the bill into law”, he said.
