No fewer than 19 bills have been passed into law by the Ekiti State House of Assembly since the inauguration of the 6th House in June 2019.
The speaker of the House, Right Honourable Funminiyi Afuye stated this on Monday during the special plenary session to mark the one year anniversary of the house.
He said all the bills which cut across all strata of governance had been signed into by the state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi.
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