8th Senate most productive – Saraki

President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday declared that the current 8th Senate under his leadership “is the most productive so far from the 4th Senate in 1999 in terms of quality legislation, bills sponsorship and passage.” In a statement issued from Saudi Arabia where he is on lesser hajj, Saraki acknowledged that the achievements of the Senate “would not have been possible without the backing of Nigerians, who have played a more active role in the activities of the legislature since June 9, 2015.” He said: “In three short but eventful years, we have definitely come a long way in this 8th Senate.
We have worked assiduously and diligently to meet the demands of Nigerians and a changing economy that experienced a recession just a year after we assumed office.
“In this time, we have passed 213 Bills, cleared 138 petitions submitted by the public.
We are happy to say that this Senate is the most productive since 1999.
It has surpassed the 5th Senate which with 129 bills in four years had the highest number of bills, as against the 6th Senate with 72 bills, and 128 passed by the 7th Senate.
The number of petitions we have successfully treated to the satisfaction of Nigerians who filed them dwarfed the eight and six treated by the Sixth and Seventh Senate, respectively.
“The present Senate has worked to grow our economy by passing Bills like the Companies and Allied Matters Act, the Secured Transactions in Movable Assets Act, the Credit Bureau Reporting Act and the Warehouse Receipts Bill, Nigerian Railways Authority Bill, National Transportation Commission Bill, which are aimed at providing significant reforms to our business environment and strengthening our lending legislative frameworks to allow SMEs to access capital.
“With the support of the Nigerian public, we were able to break the PIB jinx, by passing the Governance Component of the Petroleum Industry Bill, and now, we have successfully conducted the Public Hearing on the Administrative, Fiscal and Host Community Components of this Bill — taking it to its farthest stage since 1999.”