The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed into law the Local Government Amendment Bill 2025. The bill was passed following deliberations on the report presented by the Joint Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petitions and Conflict Resolution, as well as Public Accounts. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Joint Committee, Hon. Eyo Bassey (representing Bakassi), explained that the State Local Government Law of 2007, which was first amended in 2008 and further amended in 2011, had been harmonized…
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