Senate Set To Roll Out Legislative Agenda
BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The Senate on Wednesday received the report of its ad-hoc committee on the 9th Senate Legislative Agenda chaired by Senator Adamu Mohammad Aliero (Kebbi Central).
The consideration and adoption of the report is slated for Thursday. This is to enable Senators time to read and digest the report for effective contributions during its debate.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, had promised during his election to fashion a legislative agenda that would guide effective performance of Senators.
While submitting the report, Senator Aliero listed youth empowerment to curb increasing number of youth unemployment, poverty alleviation to ensure that 100 million Nigerians are lifted out of poverty in the next four years as part of the plank of the agenda.
Aliero also listed legislative framework to tackle the phenomenon of out of school children in the country, creation of special health centres in the six geopolitical zones and reduction of acute housing deficit in the country.
He also listed fashioning legislative measures to further enhance gender equality, infrastructure deficit, increase agricultural production, fast tracking the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and holistic reform of the oil and gas sector as other part of the agenda.
Aleiro’s committee recommended for the Senate to work to further block revenue leakages, back anti-corruption, make procurement processes less cumbersome just as it it declared that the Open National Assembly policy, where the budget of the National Assembly will be in the public glare shall be sustained, stressing that by throwing open the budget of the National Assembly, Nigerians will know that we have nothing to hide.
