After 4 years, the members of the Taraba state House of Assembly hold a valedictory session on Wednesday to mark the end of their legislative duties paving ways for the new members.
The Speaker of the house, John Bonzena Kizito, disclosed this at the valedictory session organized to commemorate the end of its legislative duties.
The speaker who read that “Section 105(3) empowers the Executive Governor to issue a Proclamation for the holding of the first sitting of the House or its dissolution. In compliance with these Constitutional provisions, His Excellency the Executive Governor of Taraba State Lt. Col. Kefas Dantala Agbu (Phd) Rtd. had issued a proclamation for the dissolution of the 9th Assembly today Friday 2nd June, 2023.
“It is therefore very imperative to put on record that, the more than 726 Legislative days we undertook and our Legislative business in Taraba State had not only been rancor free, but also eventful and fruitful for Taraba. To every beginning there must be an end. Suffice to stress here again that, having stayed together as family for four years without any substantial quarrel or misunderstanding is in itself an achievement”.
The Speaker further state that The four year journey of the 9th Assembly can be said to be successful inspite of some occasional unpleasant happenings in relationship with the other Arms of government.
In his remarks, the former speaker Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini averred that the 9th assembly asserted itself and made tremendous achievements in the area of making laws and providing support to the executive to work.
The Legislators who would not be part of the 10th assembly gave their final speeches as they recollected the friendship and intellectual benefits they got from the assembly.