The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to establish the
National Agricultural Development Fund.
The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of a
motion for re-commital of the National Development Fund (Establishment) Bill,
2022.
The motion was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya
Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North).
Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, in his presentation, recalled that
both chambers of the National Assembly passed the National Development Fund
(Establishment) Bill, 2022, and transmitted same to the President for assent.
He noted that after critical examination of the Bill by
President Muhammadu Buhari, some fundamental issues which required fresh
legislative action on some clauses were observed.
He explained that against the backdrop, a Technical
Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives met and worked on the
affected Clauses of the Bill, “desirous of the need to assess the observations
by the Committee and make necessary amendments.”
Accordingly, the chamber rescinded its decision on the
affected Clause of the Bill as passed and re-committed same to the Committee of
the Whole for reconsideration and passage.
The bill was passed by the chamber after the affected
Clauses were reconsidered by the Committee of the Whole.
In a related development, a total of three bills scaled
second reading during plenary on Tuesday.
The bills are for an Act to provide for the Facilitation and
Coordination of Public Infrastructure Development; to amend the Provisions of
the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Act; and to Repeal the Quarantine
Act and Enact the National Health Emergency Act.
The bills were sponsored by Senators Sadiq Suleiman Umar
(Kwara North); Uche Lilian Ekwunife (Anambra Central); and Chukwuka Utazi
(Enugu North).
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided
over plenary on Tuesday, referred the bills after consideration to the
Committees on National Planning; Trade and Investment; and Primary Healthcare
and Communicable Diseases.
The Committees were given four weeks to report their
findings to the chamber at plenary.
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