Opeyemi Adelere
The Kwara State House of Assembly passed into law, the Kwara State University (KWASU) (Amendment) bill, 2020, which reverted the name of the university from Abubakar Sola Saraki University to Kwara State University with immediate effect.
According to the House of Assembly, the bill was passed into law to drive best practices in the education sector and local government administration in the state.
Other amendment bills passed into law by the lawmakers included Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and Kwara State Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020, among others.
The Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020, abrogated the office of the Permanent Secretary and replaced it with that of Secretary as head of administration, while the Chairman becomes the Chief Executive and accounting officer of the commission.
The Kwara State Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 abrogated the office of the Permanent Secretary and replaced it with the Secretary of the Board as the administrative head and made the Chairman the accounting officer.
The speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu, through the Clerk of the House, Hajia Halimah Kperogi has sent a copy of the bills to the Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq for his assent.
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