Leader of the House, Mr Martins Amewhule and others who spoke before the issue was voted on, lauded the governor for attaching details of the proposed projects to his letter.
On his part, member representing Ogu/Bolo constituency, Evans Bipi, while lending support to the governor to go ahead, said the proposed N10 billion loan was an indication that the governor would be very diligent with public funds, saying: “The money is small but it shows that our governor will be diligent with public funds.”
All the 28 lawmakers present gave their support to the governor to go ahead.
The House also constituted an ad-hoc committee, headed by Michael Chinda, to hear from the state’s Ministries of Health, Information and other agencies on their efforts to stop further deaths from consumption of the poisonous local gin otherwise called kai kai or ogogoro
