Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki will tommorow, Tuesday, November 10 present the  year 2021 proposed appropriation bill  to the Edo  state Assembly for its consideration and passage.

The Assembly just gave the revised  proposed Supplementary appropriation law 2020 its first reading.

The Speaker, Marcus Onobun who made the  announcement during plenary in Benin urged  lawmakers  and staff of the assembly to prepare to receive the governor.

Meanwhile, Members of the group, Niger Delta Dialogue, led by its coordinator Austin Osakue have appealed to the legislature to revisit the law prohibiting cultism related activities in the state.

Osakue who made the call when the group visited the speaker, said cult activities had assumed a  worrisome dimension in the state adding that some youths have resulted to holding open initiation in various parts of the city.

He noted that the act has become endemic and a prepondering  factor for violence in the state.

“On a specific note my speaker, there is the need to control cult activities in the state. We are aware that the Sixth Assembly made an attempt at enacting a law to control cult activities in the state.

“We want to appeal to this seventh assembly to revisit the law. We are living  in an environment where people believe that they can get away with crime. We are also appealing to  the house to help restore peace to the state following the hijack of the protest by hoodlums,” he said.

According to him, we contracted a team of researchers from University of Benin to help conduct a research into insecurity in the Niger Delta particularly in Edo.

He noted that the researchers were through with the task and has identified the causes and the endemic areas in the state.

Responding, the speaker, Marcus Onobun thanked the group for the visit and added that the report would help the house make informed decisions on ways to curb the menace of cultism in the state.

Onobun lamented the hijack of the peaceful protest by hoodlums adding that the youths succeeded in passing their massage.

The speaker noted that there were laws prohibiting cult related activities in the state adding that, the house would ensure that those laws were properly implemented.