Delta State House of Assembly has fixed Tuesday, 18th February 2025 for public hearing on a bill for a law to establish Delta State Food Security Agency and other related matters.
Organized by the Joint House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and 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 endorsed by the Chairman, Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hon Perkins Umukoro, called for written and oral inputs from Ministry of Lands and Survey, Directorate of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs , Ministry of Justice, Delta State Chapter of Association of Local Government of Nigeria,ALGON, Civil Society Organizations and other stakeholders from public and private sectors.
The statement urges 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 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 Monday 17th February 2025.
The Delta State Food Security Agency Establishment Bill was referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and Special Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, after second reading on the 5th of February 2025 for further legislative action.