By Juliana Katung
Kaduna State House Of Assembly Northwest of Nigeria has passed the Witness Protection Programme Law 2016, Bill along with two others.
The passage on followed the presentation of the report on the bill, by the Chairman Adhoc committee on bills, Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku in which one section of the standard rules of the House was set aside to allow the third reading and the passage.
The purpose of the bill is to establish a programme to allow certain persons to receive information, investigation, inquiries or prosecution.
Other bills passed by the House are for A Law to establish the Kaduna State Fire and Public Safety Law, 2017 which is aimed at establishing an effective and efficient fire service management, while the other is, Kaduna State Audit Law, 2018 which intends to provide for the Audit of Public Accounts and matters connected therewith.
The speaker of the House, Aminu Abdullahi who presided over the plenary said, the three bills before the passage had received thorough study and that series of meetings held alongside interactive sessions with various stakeholders to ensure smooth and effective bill.
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