THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER (2021) GENERA MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF STATE LEGISLATURES OF NIGERIA HELD ON THE 26TH JUNE, 2021 AT THE EVENT CENTER ASABA, DELTA STATE
After exhaustive deliberations, the Conference issued the following resolutions at the end of the meeting:
The Conference commends and appreciates the efforts of the Executive Governor of Delta State Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi A. Okowa and the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. (Chief) Sheriff Oborevwori for hosting this meeting to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the nation;
The Conference, again, decries the spate of insecurity in the Country; and while commending the Federal Government on its efforts at fighting the insecurity in the Country, the Conference calls on the major stakeholders to use the instrumentality of the ongoing Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to accommodate Community Policing and State Police in the country to effectively tackle the insecurity bedeviling the country.
The Conference commends the Governors that have commenced the implementation of the financial autonomy in their states while urging the other state governors to follow suite as agreed in the Memorandum of Action signed by all the Stakeholders.
The Conference also calls on all the state Houses of assembly to pass Funds Management Bill for Assent of the Governors within the Fourty-Five (45) days window as agreed to by all the Stakeholders.
Signed
Rt. Hon Abubakar Y. Suleiman
(Chairman)
