Reps break record, present 130 bills in one day
Speaker House of Representatives , Yakubu Dogara PHOTO: Ladidi Lucy Elukpo.
The House of Representatives on Thursday stunned National Assembly monitors when the chamber presented a total of 130 bills at a single session presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.
Some of the 130 bills include Corporate manslaughter bill, Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (amendment) bill, Psychiatric Hospitals Management Board Act (amendment) bill, Peoples Bank of Nigeria (repeal) bill, Marketing (breast milk substitute) Act (amendment) bill, National Mathematical Centre Act (amendment) bill, National Eye Centre Act (amendment) bill, Inland Fisheries Act (amendment) bill. Public private partnership Regulatory Commission bill and Food Drugs and Related Products (registration Act (amendment) bill.
Others are Loans (State Development Act (Repeal) bill, Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration Act (amendment) bill, National Programme on Immunisation Act (Repeal) bill, Pre-Shipment Inspection of Exports Act (amendment) bill, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act (amendment), bill, Casino Taxation Act (amendment) bill, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure Act (amendment) bill, extradition Act (amendment) bill, Treaty to establish the African Union (Ratification and Enforcement) bill and Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Pesticide in International Trade (Ratification and Enforcement Act (amendment) bill.
It was learnt that no chamber in either Senate, the House or any state House of Assembly in the country has ever presented such number of bills at a single plenary.
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4 Comments
Did they read the bills or they are just passing it for passing sake. I don’t believe there is one bill that directly help Nigeria with all the problem they face.
Nope, they didn’t actually read it. I watched plenary, Dogara asked the clerk to present the 130 bills and make amendments for 2nd Reading.
Na wa my brother.
Our NASS representatives can finished reading the entire 130 bills faster than you can say “naira”
We will review and take appropriate action.