Federal Lawmaker Sponsors 8 Bills In One day
The member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency in House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi on Tues presented eight bills for consideration by the 10th Assembly.
Four of the ten Bills seek to amend various existing statutes, while the others are for the establishment of various institutions of government in consonance with prevailing realities in the country.
Among the Bills, which include Federal Polytechnic Nyak, Establishment Bill (2023). The Bill was passed by the 9th Assembly, but not assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari before the expiration of his tenure on May 29, 2023.
Gagdi also presented the Police Act (Amendment) Bill 2023, to finetune some provisions of the 2020 Police Act, which was earlier amended by the 9th Assembly and assented to by the former president.
The recent amendment encompasses some innovations and modifications to policing in Nigeria, which is in tandem with global best practices.
The Red Cross Society of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was also tabled before the House of Representatives for consideration by Rt Hon. Gagdi. Also presented for amendment was the Nigerian Mining Cooperation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Other bills presented by Gagdi today include Nigerian Police Force College and Training Institution (Establishment)Bill, 2023; Maritime Security Coordination Brand Act, 2023; Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 and Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, 2023.
The eight bills were read for the first time during the plenary.
The Lawmaker while presenting the bills highlighted their importance to nation building.
The bills will be referred to the relevant standing Committees of the House of Representatives to finetune the nitty-gritty of the legislations when the committees are named and inaugurated by the Speaker, Rt Hon Tajudeen Abass.
It would be recalled that Thursday, July 6, 2023, Gagdi had sponsored 2 bills, the Federal College of Education, Dengi (Establishment) Bill 2023 and Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2023.
That brings to ten, the total number of bills sponsored by the lawmaker so far.