Senators hurriedly said ‘ayes’ to the 46 bills in 10 minutes
Wednesday’s session at the Senate became
rowdy as senators hurriedly said ‘ayes’ to the 46 bills which will be
transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules
and Business, Senator Ita Enang, who introduced the bills said they had
all been recently passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
Enang
said the Senate had expended much resource on the processing of the
bills and that they were needed to be passed before the 7th Senate is
dissolved.
Consequently, the Senate invoked Order 1
(b) of the Senate Standing Order 2011 as amended to adopt a special
procedure on the bills for concurrence.
Besides, the Senate suspended Order 79
(1) of the Senate Standing Orders, which portrayed all the bills as
having passed first, second and third readings on the floor of the
senate and concurred, as well as reproduced and circulated to senators.
Enang said, “The bills by this resolution
are hereby read, and deemed read a third time and passed, to be
transmitted to the President for assent in accordance with the Acts
(Authentication) Act, and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999.
Others are, National Commission for
Rehabilitation Act (Repeal), Bill; Maintenance Orders Act (Repeal) Bill,
2015; Federal Saving Bank Act (Repeal) Bill 2015, Loan (State
Development) Act (Repeal), 2015; Nigerians in Diaspora (Establishment)
Commission, 2015, and Electronic Transactions Bill, 2015.
The rest include the Chartered Institute
of Statisticians of Nigeria, 2015; Nigerian Metallurgical Industry Bill,
2014; Federal Audit Commission Bill, 2015; National Centre for
Agricultural Mechanisation Act (Amendment,) Bill; Nigerian International
Financial Centre (Establishment, etc) Bill, and the Investment and
Securities (Amendment) Bill.
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