Senate has adjourned plenary on Wednesday, June 29, in order to celebrate Sallah break and announced July 19 as resumption date.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, accordingly, announced July 19, 2022, as resumption date.
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Meanwhile, before embarking on the three weeks recess, the Senate forwarded President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the confirmation of Mohammed Bello as Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission to the Committee on National Planning.
It also passed the Federal Medical Centres (Establishment) Bill, 2022, after re-committal to the Committee of the Whole for consideration and passage.
The Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi Boroffice (APC, Ondo North), who sponsored the motion for re-committal, recalled that the bill was passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to President Buhari for assent.
Boroffice stated that some fundamental issues which required fresh legislative action by both houses of the National Assembly emerged after critical analysis of the bill.
He further explained that a Technical Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives and Directorate of Legal Services met and worked on the bill.
The Senate, while referencing order 1(b) and order 52(6) of the Senate Standing Order, 2022 as amended, rescinded its decision on the bill as passed and re-committed same to the Committee of the Whole for re-consideration and passage.
