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The bill sponsor says that the programme would assist in addressing criminal activity and insecurity that resulted from unemployment. The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a National internship and unemployment benefit scheme. This followed the consideration of a bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Establish National Internship and Unemployment Benefit Scheme and for other matters connected therewith, 2024″ sponsored by Senator Shuaib Salisu (APC, Ogun Central),...

Despite Oronsaye’s report seeking to cut down the number of government agencies to reduce unnecessary wastage in the country’s expenditure, the Senate is keen on ignoring these recommendations. The Senate is set to establish a University of Education in Adamawa State as against the Oronsaye report which seeks to scrap and merge some government agencies to reduce unnecessary wastage in the country’s expenditure. This revelation was made in a bill titled, “A bill for an...

The controversial bill had faced several setbacks in the 8th and 9th Assemblies before its eventually passage. The Senate has finally agreed to extend the retirement age of civil servants working in the National Assembly. The bill, which has been passed by the House of Representatives seeks to increase the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first as against the current law that prescribes 60 years of age or...

A bill for the establishment of the North Central Development Commission also scaled second reading in the Senate. The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to establish the South West Development Commission, SWDC. This was a sequel to the consideration of the document titled, “A bill for an act to Establish the South West Development Commission charged with the responsibility among others to receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation...