Hon Odey said the bill is a development strategy which seeks to establish an agency that will drive the State's development in areas of Human Capital, Infrastructure, Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability.
Reading the bill at the floor of the house last weekend, the lawmaker said "Mr. Speaker, you will recall that the United Nations at its Millennium Summit of 2000 adopted the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs). These grants adopted 8 time-bound intentional development Goals with 18 targets and 48 technicals indicators with the aim of achieving the set goals of the MDGs," he said
He added "Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this
bill is therefore to sustain the State's development, and adopt a post MDGs
strategy to forge ahead and improve the human capital development index,
provide basic infrastructure and improve the standard of living of our
People".
Hon Odey noted that the Law was to domesticate
sustainable development goals originated from the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals declaration, which assets that every individual has dignity,
and hence the right to freedom, equality, a basic standard of living that
includes freedom from hunger and violence and encourage tolerance and
solidarity.
In response to the bill, the Speaker of the State
House of Assembly stated that the bill was timely, welcoming and well thought
out, stating that it was one of the best bills that have been sponsored in the
8th Assembly.
Also, the Member representing Bakassi State
Constituency, Hon Ekpo Ekpo Bassey who is also the Chairman of the House
Committee on Health, described the bill as the best bill before the House, saying
that MDGs is expending to include good health and clean environment.
Helen Abobi
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