By Chinedu Adonu
ENUGU—ENUGU State House of Assembly  Tuesday  set up a seven-man committee to ascertain the buildings built within or near the waterways in Enugu metropolis with a view to finding out which buildings that would be demolished.

The seven-man committee to be headed by Hon. Obinna Okenwa, member representing Enugu South Urban, is also saddled with the duty of finding out all the buildings that blocked drainages and waterways and those that got approval before the structures were erected.

Speaker of the House, Hon. Edward Ubosi who constituted the seven-man committee gave them one month  to turn in their report.

It will be recalled that the House stepped down debate on a motion brought before it by the House Committee Chairman on Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, Hon James Akadu urging the Ministry to demolish with immediate effect, buildings that obstruct waterways in the metropolis.

Recall also that Akadu was spurred to sponsor the motion because the structures in question caused flooding in the city that are threatening to cave in the popular Ebenano tunnel, having sacked a police post at Fidelity Estate.

In another development, the House summoned the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uchenna Eze, to appear before it  next Tuesday  to clear some air on the primary teachers recruitment that took place recently suspected to be shrouded in controversy thereby forcing the House to resolve to nullify the recruitment exercise.

Speaker Ubosi said that the House got reactions from different quarters concerning the exercise and wanted to hear the Commissioner on details about the recruitment.

The House deferred debate on an executive bill brought before it by the Leader of the House, Hon. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, titled, “A bill for a law to make provision for the procedure to be followed in Criminal Cases in the High Court and in Magistrate Courts in Enugu State, House Bill7,2016, seeking to amend the criminal justice law to reflect the realities of the present day.

Before a continued debate was postponed on the Bill billed for  Tuesday next week, members had aligned themselves to the Bill because of its importance but urged that care should be taken so that it does not run foul of some existing laws in the land.

Ezeugwu while urging his colleagues to support the Bill said that when passed into law, it would check illegal arrests by the police and decongest prisons and prison custody.