Plateau Assembly Constitutes 19 Additional Standing Committees

The Plateau State House of Assembly has constituted additional 19 house standing committees, bringing the number to 24.

The Speaker of the House, Moses Sule, announced the constitution of the additional committees during its plenary on Tuesday.

Announcing the committees, the speaker directed the Clerk of the House to prepare the list of those who would serve as secretaries to the respective committees and submit to his office.

The speaker warned that no director should be appointed to serve as secretary of any committee adding that no committee should also embark on an oversight function without the approval of the speaker.

According to the speaker, Education, Science and Technology Committee will be chaired by Mr Philip Jwe with Mr Nanbol Rimvyat as deputy chairman, Mrs Salome Wanglek is to chair the Health Committee with Mr Cornelius Doeyok as the deputy chairman.

The speaker is to chair Fund Management Committee while his Deputy Speaker, Gwottson Fom, will serve as the deputy chairman of the committee.

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