By Precious Owolabi, Ado Ekiti

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, has directed the Committee on Rules and Business, with two co-opted lawmakers, to commence work on the harmonised rules and standing orders for the House, as resolved at the Conference of Principal Officers held in Lagos last week.

Aribasoye explained at plenary on Tuesday, that the harmonised rules would ensure uniformity and compatibility in operations, while areas peculiar to each state would be allowed for application in affected areas.

Presenting the report of the meeting of the Conference of Assembly Principal Officers across the 36 state assemblies, the Majority Leader of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Tolu Ige, intimated the lawmakers with the outcome of the conference on how to adopt a unified standing order for the thirty-six state houses of assembly in Nigeria.

The Ekiti Quality of Care Bill 2025 was also debated on the floor of the House.

Speaking on the bill, Honourables Babatunde Oke, Abimbola Solanke, Ayodeji Adegbite, Yomi Ayorinde, and Iyabo Fakunle-Okieimen highlighted its importance as a veritable way of curbing the activities of quacks, discouraging wrong drug prescriptions, and ascertaining the eligibility and competency of personnel in clinics and hospitals.

In their submissions, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, Bolaji Olagbaju, and the former Deputy Speaker, Hakeem Jamiu, emphasised the need for adequate monitoring of the activities of illegal owners of private clinics and hospitals, recommending stringent sanctions against quacks and the shutting down of illegal health facilities.

The Speaker, Aribasoye, led other members to commend the Governor Biodun Oyebanji-led administration for its unwavering compliance with the resolutions of the House.

The commendation, which was adopted as a result of the observation raised by the lawmaker representing Oye Constituency 1, Tope Longe, stated that Governor Oyebanji deserves applause for implementing the resolutions of the House, particularly in respect of Adire Ekiti, which was discussed on the floor of the House on September 24, 2024.

Also, under matters of urgent public importance, the lawmaker representing Ido/Osi Constituency 1, Abiodun Fawekun, called the attention of the House to the scarcity of water in Ido/Osi Local Government area.

Similarly, the lawmaker representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 2, Hakeem Jamiu, informed the House about a recent fire disaster that occurred in one of the primary schools in Igbemo Ekiti due to a thunderstorm, which destroyed the school building and other valuable properties.