The Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to the University of Education , Science and Technology .
The bill was unanimously passed at Tuesday ’s plenary in Ado- Ekiti, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye .
The passage of the bill followed the submission of the report of the House Committee on Education , Science and Technology headed by Mrs Kemi Balogun .
According to the report, read by Balogun , the Transitional Provision of Section 38 would give room to the existing students of the College of Education , lkere-Ekiti after the effective date of this law to complete their course of study as stipulated.
The report after ratification by the Committee of the Whole House , was unanimously passed .
The executive bill is titled , “ A Bill for a Law to provide for the Establishment , Incorporation , Constitution , Powers , and Functions of the University of Education , Science and Technology , Ikere- Ekiti and Other Matters Therewith .”
NAN reports that earlier at the Tuesday ’s plenary , Under Matter of Urgent Public Importance , Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, ( Ikole 1 , APC ) called the attention of the House to the gradual extinction of the Yoruba Language .
He called for advocacy and legislation to save the Yoruba Language , which he described as the identity of Western Nigeria .
Also, Mr Adeyemi Ajibade, ( Moba 1 , APC ) Under Matter of Urgent Public Importance , drew the attention of the House to the non -availability of a telecommunications network in Osun -Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area of the state .
Ajibade called on the state government to prevail on the telecommunications network providers to extend their services to the community of over 30 ,000 dwellers .
( NAN )
