The House of Representatives has decided to revisit several bills from the previous legislative session that did not receive presidential approval before the end of the last Assembly.
This resolution came after lawmakers adopted a motion sponsored by Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive during Wednesday’s plenary, which was presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
Among the bills slated for reconsideration are the National Youth Development Commission Bill, 2023; the Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State (Establishment) Bill, 2025; the Federal University of Technology, Asaba, Delta State (Establishment) Bill, 2023; and the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan Bill, 2023.
Others include the Environmental Health (Control) Bill, 2025; the FCT Health Insurance Agency (Establishment) Bill, 2025; the FCT Signage and Advertisement Agency (Establishment) Bill, 2025; the Nigerian Independent Warehouse Regulatory Agency (Establishment) Bill; and the FCT Transport Authority (Establishment) Bill, 2025.
Hon. Waive explained that these bills had either been passed by the House and sent to the Senate for concurrence, passed by the Senate and sent to the House, or forwarded to the President for assent but were not signed before the end of the last legislative session.
He stated: “Notes that, pursuant to Order Twelve, Rule 17 (a), (b), (c) & (d) of the Standing Orders, the House may, upon being re-gazetted or circulated, reconsider in the Committee of the Whole, without commencing de novo, the Bill(s) whose report was presented by the Committee before consideration; (b) passed by the House and forwarded to the Senate for concurrence, for which no concurrence was made or was negatived; (c) passed by the Senate and forwarded to the House, for which no concurrence was made or was negatived; or (d) passed by the preceding Assembly and forwarded to the President for assent but for which assent or withholding thereof was not communicated before the end of the tenure of the preceding Assembly.”
“Also notes that the aforementioned bills were passed by the preceding Assembly and forwarded to the President for assent but for which assent or withholding thereof was not communicated before the end of the tenure of the last Assembly.”
“Aware that the bills were read for the first time as HBs. 119, 936, 903, 1264, 1265, 1477, 1497, 1480, and 1552, respectively.”
Following these observations, the House has resolved to recommit the bills to the Committee of the Whole for further deliberation.
