Commission manager focused on the requirement for state SSEBs to be addressed on the public body with the piece and works as given in the Demonstration.
This is contained in an explanation made accessible to newsmen by the commission’s Head of Advertising and Convention, Fatima Bappare, in Abuja on Friday. Bappare said Ajayi made the interest while talking with the Delegate Legislative head of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Akon Eyakenyi, during a graciousness call.
He explained that Section 21, sub-section 2 of the NSSEC Act 2003, provided for states to comply by establishing SSEBs. He said the Act also directed states to contribute at least 5% as the counterpart funding to qualify for the NSSEC intervention fund.
Ajayi further stressed the need for state SSEBs to be represented on the national body with the composition and functions as provided in the Act.
This, he said, would assist in fast tracking legislative processes as well as drafting and passage of the Executive Bill by the State Houses of Assembly, uniformity of all SSSEB Laws, and elimination of any contradicting provision that would exclude states from benefiting from the NSSEC fund.
“Foundation of the state Senior Auxiliary Schooling Sheets will likewise give space for smooth execution of NSSEC works and order in all states,” he said.
Ajayi likewise engaged the Akwa Ibom State government to give an outfitted office to use as the commission’s temporary office, as well as land in Uyo for the commission to raise its South zonal office. Answering, the Delegate Lead representative, Eyakenyi, communicated the express government’s readiness to team up with the commission.
She further revealed that land had proactively been reserved for the SSSEB in Uyo, while guaranteeing the commission that Akwa Ibom State was satisfactorily ready to draft and pass the Leader Bill while the State Place of Gathering was likewise prepared for its expedient entry.
