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| Senate President, David Mark |
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. . Approves Buhari’s 15 advisers
In what could be described as a national
record in the history of lawmaking in Nigeria, the Senate today (Wednesday,
June 3) passed 46 bills in less than 10 minutes.
The
upper chamber also approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari on the
appointment of 15 Special Advisers.
Motion
for the adoption of the 46 bills was moved by Ita Enang, chairman, Senate
Committee on Rules and Business, who called on the Red Chamber to invoke Order
1 (b) of the Senate Standing Order to adopt a Special Procedure on the bills.
Enang
explained that the bills had earlier been passed by the House of
Representatives and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence, adding that by
“mutual consent and legislative reciprocity, the House of Representatives is
adopting same special procedure and passing such bills passed by the Senate and
transmitted to her for concurrence”.
He
therefore called for the suspension of Order 79 (1) of the Senate Standing
Orders and deemed all the bills as having passed First, Second and Third
Readings.
This
led to a rowdy session by senators who objected to the procedure being used in
passing the bills. Before putting the motion to voice vote, Senate President,
David Mark who presided over the session expressed reservation about the
process, saying: “My main problem is that we should be able to read through the
bills and know what they are saying”.
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