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    "id": 1368609,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Owen Baya (",
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    "content": "Clause 6 of the Bill provides for the repeal and replacement of Section 24 of the Act to provide that a project under the Act must only be in respect of works and services falling within the exclusive functions of the national Government under the Constitution. It seeks to remove funding for community-based projects that benefit widespread cross-section of the inhabitants of a particular area. Clause 7 of the Bill provides for the deletion of Section 25(8) and (10) of the Act, which empowers the NG-CDF to fund sports and environmental activities within the constituencies, provided those activities do not exceed 2 per cent in respective of the total allocation to the constituency in every year. If you go to Clause 8 of the Bill, it provides for the amendment of Section 34 by inserting a new paragraph to provide that the total allocation to a constituency shall not be less than the amount allocated to the constituency in the preceding financial year, so that there is gradual graduation of the Fund from a lower level so that each year, we cannot allocate less than what was allocated in the previous year. Clause 9 of the Bill provides for the amendment of Section 43(2) by increasing the number of male and female members nominated to the constituency committee from two to three. Clause 9(b) of the Bill provides for the amendment of Section 43(6) by providing that the first meeting of the constituency committee shall be convened within 120 days of the holding of a general election. Clause 9(b) of the Bill provides for the amendment of Section 43(6) by providing that the first meeting of the NG-CDF Committee shall be convened within 120 days from the date of holding of a general election. Within one hundred and twenty days after holding a general election, a new NG-CDF Committee is constituted and put in place. That is what that Clause will do."
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