The upper legislative chamber in Nigeria, the Senate has passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State.
The passage of the bill yesterday was a consequent of its re-commital to the Committee of the Whole.
Recall that the motion for re-commital was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kebbi North.
The Senate while relying on order 1(b) and order 52(6) of the Senate Standing Order, 2022 as amended, voided its decision on the bill and re-committed same to the Committee of the Whole for reconsideration and passage.
Senator Abdullahi in his presentation, recalled that the university establishment bill was passed by the National Assembly and sent to the President for an according assent.
According to him, “some fundamental issues which require fresh legislative action by both chambers of the National Assembly emerged after critical analysis of the Bill by Mr. President C-in-C.”
He added that against any background situation of the issues identified, a Technical Committee of the National Assembly and Directorate of Legal Services met and worked on the Bill.
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