Senate passes 201 bills in 3 years Full list
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bukola saraki @bukolasaraki8 37. petroleum industry governance bill 20161 the president of the senate dr bukola saraki took to his twitter handle @bukolasaraki to make the announcemnet and to congratulate his colleagues for a job well done1 saraki expressed optimism that in the 15 months that were left the senate would pass more bills that will affect the lives of nigerians1 as of today the senate has passed 201 bills. we still have 15 months to go yet we have reached this milestone. i would like to thank my distinguished colleagues for their hard work and cooperation over the last 33 months1 as of today the senate has passed 201 bills. we still have 15 months to go yet we have reached this milestone1 i would like to thank my distinguished colleagues for their hard work and cooperation over the last 33 months1 see the full list here1 as of march 29 2018 33 months after its inauguration the 8th senate had passed a total of 200 bills including senate bills concorrence bills and constitution amendment bills1 below is the full list of the bills passed by the senate1 1. national railway corporation act 1955 n129 lfn 2004 repeal1 2. bankruptcy and insolvency act cap b2 lfn 2011 repeal and re-enactment 20151 3. national institute for cancer research and treatment estetc bill 20151 4. forestry research institute of nigeria est. etc bill 20151 5. electronic transaction bill 20151 6. agriculture credit guarantee scheme act amendment bill 20151 7. commercial agriculture credit scheme estetc bill 20151 8. discrimination against persons with disabilities prohibition bill 20151 9. national poverty eradication commission estetcbill 20151 10. north east development commission nedc estetc bill 20151 11. erosion control and prevention commission est etc bill 20151 12. counterfeit and fake drugs and unwholesome processed foods miscellaneous provision amendment bill 20151 13. federal university of petroleum resources effuru est etc bill 20151 14. food security bill 20151 15. nigerian agricultural quarantine service establishment etc bill 20151 16. environmental managers registration council of nigeria establishment etc bill 20151 17. nigeria institute of soil science establishment etc bill 20151 18. nigeria football federation establishment etc bill 20151 19. national sports commission establishment etc bill 20151 20. federal competition and consumer protection bill 20151 21. witness protection programme bill 20151 22. supplementary appropriation bill 20151 23. defence space agency establishment etc bill 20151 24. high court of the federal capital territory abuja amendment bill 20151 25. air force institute of technology establishment etc bill 20151 26. credit bureau reporting bill 20151 27. 2015 appropriation act amendment bill 20151 28. 2016 appropriation bill1 29. federal roads authority establishment etc bill 20161 30. national assembly budget and research office establishment etc bill 20161 31. mutual assistance in criminal matters bill 20161 32. federal capital territory statutory appropriation act amendment bill 20161 33. federal university of petroleum resources effurun bill 20161 34. national lottery act 2005 amendment bill 20161 35. electoral act 6 2010 amendment bill 20161 36. public procurement act amendment bill 20161 from its inauguration on juna 9 2015 the 8th senate had surpassed the 7th 6th and 5th senate in the number of bills passed. while the 7th senate passed only 128 bills in four years the 6th passed 82 and the 5th senate passed 129 bills1 38. national inland waterways act cap n47 lfn 2004 repeal and re-enactment bill 20161 39. nigerian ports and harbours authority act amendment bill 20161 40. jamb act amendment bill 20161 41. nigerian customs service bill 2016 and nigerian customs service act repeal and re-enacment bill 20161 42. warehouse receipts bill 20161 43. secured transactions in movable assets bill 20161 44. sexual harassment in tertiary educational institution bill 20161 45. federal university of wukari establishment etc bill 20161 46. maritime university of nigeria okerenkoko establishment etc bill 20161 47. 2016 fct appropriation bill1 48. appropriation bill 20171 49. nigerian peace corps establishment etc bill 2015 sb 1731 50. national unity and peace corps establishment etc bill 2015 sb 1831 51. national open university of nigeria act amendment bill 20171 52. federal university of maritime studies oron bill 20171 53. national institute for legislative studies act amendment bill 20171 54. national research and innovation est etc. bill 20171 55. compulsory free universal basic education act 2004 amendment bill 2016 and universal basic education act 2003 amendment bill 20161 56. nigeria financial intelligence agency est etc. bill 20171 57. institute of chartered biochemist and molecular biologist bill 20161 58. whistle blowers protection bill 20151 59. abduction wrongful restraints and wrongful confinement for ransom bill 20171 60. prohibition and protection of persons from lynching mob action and extra judicial executions bill 20171 61. nigerian tourism development corporation act repeal and re-enactment bill 20171 62. hydroelectric power producing area development commission amendment bill 20151 63. chartered institute of entrepreneurs est. etc. bill 20151 64. chartered institute of capital market registrars bill 20171 65. presidential inauguration bill 20161 66. national institute for hospitality and tourism establishment etc bill 20161 67. fct statutory appropriation bill 20171 68. niger delta development commission nddc act amendment bill 20171 69. federal university of agriculture kaaba establishment etc bill 20161 70. federal colleges of education act amendment bill 20171 71. niger delta development commission amendment bill 20171 72. nigeria arabic language village ngala establishment etc. bill 20171 73. nigeria french language village badagry est. etc. bill 20171 74. demutualization bill 20171 75. the revised edition laws of the federation of nigeria bill 20181 76. 2017 fct appropriation act amendment bill 20181 77. arbitration and conciliation act cap a18 lfn 2004repeal and re-enactment bill 20181 78. emergency powers repeal and re-enactment bill 20181 79. federal university gashua establishment etc. bill 2018 sb4591 80. national transport commission est. etc. bill 2018 sb. 2421 81. real estate regulation and development bill 2018 sb. 2161 82. river basin development act cap r9 lfn 2004 amendment bill 2018 sb. 3581 83. national centre for disease control prevention establishment etc bill 2018 sb. 2561