he sixth session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held for one day on July 30. (File Photo)
Kohima, July 25 (MExN): All officials and support staff including Ministers/Advisors/MLAs and the Officers and Staff of the Assembly Secretariat, attending the Assembly Session on July 30 will now have to undergo the COVID-19 test and carry the test results with them. The sixth session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held for one day on July 30.
This was informed in an official notice issued by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker through the DIPR. To facilitate this process, the NLA Secretariat in consultation with the Civil Secretariat, has made necessary arrangements for the convenient testing of everyone involved, it said.
Accordingly, sample collections of all the Ministers/Advisors and the MLAs and their supporting staff who will be accompanying them for the Assembly Session will be done between 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on July 26 at the State Banquet Hall, Old Chief Minister's Bungalow, Kohima, it said.
MLAs, officers and staff of the Assembly Secretariat residing within the Assembly Complex, including at the Legislators' Home, and coming to the Secretariat from different parts of the State can provide their samples at the special facility arranged within the Assembly Complex. The facility can be accessed from the Entry Gate No II to the Visitors' Gallery, from July 26-28. While the facility can be availed between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on July 26, on July 27 and 28, the facility will be open from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm only at the Assembly Secretariat.
MLAs stationed in other parts of the State and their supporting staff can get tested at the designated facilities closer to their place of stay and carry the reports with them.
In order to avoid crowding around the Assembly Secretariat premises, the Speaker also directed that members come accompanied by only their drivers and one security guard, except in the case of the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and the Leader of Opposition.
Further, it said that the Civil Secretariat will be making its own arrangements for the testing of the AHoDs/HoDs assigned to attend the Session, the persons accompanying them as well as escorts and others accompanying the Chief Minister, Speaker and Deputy Chief Minister.
