See The List Of 46 Bills Hurriedly Passed By Senate

Nigerian Senate did the unusual yesterday as he passed 46 bills into law in 10 minutes.

Senator Ita Enang, Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business who introduced the bills indicated the bills had been recently passed by the lower chamber; House of Representatives.

The tenure of office of the seventh assembly ends on Friday, May 4, 2015. This informed the decision to pass the bills. The bills have gone through several readings, hence the need to pass them for the President to assent “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,’’ Enang said.

Some senators including Senator Domingo Obende, Edo State, and George Sekibo, Rivers State, felt indifferent to the passage of the bill in 10 minutes. 

Consequently, a hot debate ensued and the house became rowdy. While effort to restore decorum failed, those who opposed the sudden passage of the bills were asked to write their names and signature

Here are the 46 bills passed by the senate:

1. Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Establishment etc) Act (Amendment), 2015;

2. Office of the Nigerian Financial Ombudsman Bill;

3. Institute of Chartered Trustees of Nigeria Bill;

4. National Convicts and Criminal Records (Registry) Bill, 2015;

5. Community Service Bill;

6. People’s Bank of Nigeria Act (Repeal) Bill

7. Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry Act (Repeal).

8. National Commission for Rehabilitation Act (Repeal) Bill;

9. Maintenance Orders Act (Repeal) Bill, 2015;

10. Federal Saving Bank Act (Repeal) Bill 2015;

11. Loan (State Development) Act (Repeal), 2015;

12. Nigerians in Diaspora (Establishment) Commission, 2015;

13. Electronic Transactions Bill, 2015;

14. Chartered Institute of Statiscians of Nigeria, 2015

15. Nigerian Metallurgical Industry Bill, 2014,

16. Federal Audit Commission Bill, 2015,

17. National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation Act (Amendment,) Bill,

18. Nigerian International Financial Centre (Establishment, etc) Bill,

19. Investment and Securities (Amendment) Bill

20. Nigerian Communications Satellite, Bill,

21. Federal Capital Territory Education Resources Centre (Establishment) Bill;

22. Labour Institutions (Establishment);

23. Witness Protection Programme Bill;

24. Institute of Mediators and Conciliators Bill;

25. Legal Education Act (Establishment) Bill;

26. National Health Insurance Commission Bill;

27. National Economic Intelligence Committee (Establishment) Act (Repeal) Bill.

28.Federal College Dental Technology and Therapy Bill,

29. Federal Capital Territory College of Nursing and Midwifery Bill,

30. Oaths Act (Amendment) Bill,

31. Federal Capital Territory Hospital Management Board (Establishment) Bill,

32. Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill,

33. Chartered Institute of Management Accounts of Nigeria

34. Federal Capital Territory Water Board (Establishment) Bill,

35. Institute of Local Government and Public Administration Bill,

36. Whistle-blower Protection Bill,

37. Family Economic Advancement Programme (Establishment, etc) 2015,

38. Family Support Trust Fund Act (Repeal) Bill,

39. Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (Guarantee) Act (Repeal) Bill,

40. Treasury Management Bill 2015;

41. Legislative Powers and Privileges Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill,

42. Anti-Torture Bill, 2015;

43. Lobbyist (Registration and Regulation) Bill,

44. National Hospital for Women and Children, Abuja (Establishment, etc) Act (Amendment) Bill,

45. Nigerian Prisons Act CAP, P29 LFN 2004 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2015 and

46. Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2015