By NICHOLAS DECHI

The Chairman of the Benue Assembly Committee on Information, Mr. Alfred Berger (APC/Makurdi North), has said that the Assembly did not pass any bill against love and romance in the State.

Berger, who stated this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi, urged the public to disregard the fake news flying round.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a purported bill making the rounds on social media that the house passed a bill banning the practice of love and romance in Benue.

But the information committee chairman said that such a bill was not before the house, adding that it had not even been contemplated by lawmakers.

He explained that the manner in which the originator of the fake news wrote the purported bill was far different from the way and manner in which the assembly couched her bills.

Berger pointed out that the fabrication was the figment and imagination of the author.

Meanwhile, the chairman appreciated Gov. Hyacinth Alia for acting on the resolutions of the assembly.

He said that the recommended suspension of six months each for the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Grace Adagba; the Executive Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Mr. Maxwell Ogiri; and the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Lottery Commission, Mr. Michael Uper.

He however stated that the house recommended six months’ suspension for the appointees, but the governor reduced it to one month each.

He said that the house was not bothered about the length of the suspension, but what mattered to the house was the fact that the affected appointees vacate their offices while the assembly investigates them. (NAN)