AT A GLANCE: 22 house of reps bills assented to by the presidency since 2015

February 28

09:39 2017

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The administration of President Muhmmadu Buhari has signed a total of 25 bills since it took over power in May 2015.

Of the 25 bills assented to by the presidency, 22 emanated from the house of representatives. Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, had set up a committee to identify bills which were to be updated.

Following the identification of some of these bills, the house passed 130 through first reading in December, and few months after, another 100 bills were introduced.

As of January 2017, the house had passed at least 150 bills; all of which have been transmitted to senate for concurrence.

Here is a list of the bills from the house signed into law by the presidency:

S/N	HB/N	Title of Bill	SPONSOR(S)	3rd Reading & Passage Date	Date Transmitted to Senate	Status
1.	HB. 216	Telecommunications and Postal Offences Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Lynda lkpeazu	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
2.	HB. 218	National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Uzoma Nkem-Abonta	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
3.	HB. 219	Produce (Enforcement of Export Standards) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Uzoma Nkem-Abonta	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
4.	HB. 262	University of Abuja Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
5.	HB. 242	Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Yusuf A. Tajudeen	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
6.	HB. 233	Prevention of Crimes Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Ossai Nicholas Ossai	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
7.	HB. 234	Water Resources Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Ossai Nicholas Ossai	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
8.	HB. 237	National Agricultural Development Authority Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Mohammed T. Mongunu	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
9.	HB. 238	Bees (Import Control and Management) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Mohammed T. Mongunu	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
10.	HB. 241	Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Linus Okorie	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
11.	HB. 243	Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Kingsley S. Ebenyi	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
12.	HB. 244	Utilities Charges Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Chukwukere A. Ikechukwu	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
13.	HB. 249	Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Obinna Chidoka	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
14.	HB. 252	Quantity Surveyors (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	G. Jonathan	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
15.	HB. 259	Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	E. Onyewuchi	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
16.	HB. 302	National Judicial Institute Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Aminu Shehu Shagari	31/5/2016	9/6/2016	Act
17.	HB. 303	Advertising Practitioners (Registration, etc.) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas	1/6/2016	9/6/2016	Act
18.	HB. 294	Veterinary Surgeons Act (Amendment) Bill	Chike John Okafor	2/6/2016	27/6/2016	Act
19.	HB. 169	Oaths Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	E. Y. Orker-Jev	9/6/2016	28/7/2016	Act
20.	HB. 224	National Film and Video Censors Board Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Uzoma Nkem-Abonta	7/6/2016	27/9/2016	Act
21.	HB. 06	Pension Rights of Judges Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Ossai N. Ossai	9/6/2016	27/9/2016	Act
22.	HB. 253	Mortgage Institutions Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015	Gbefwi. Jonathan	7/6/2016	28/7/2016	Act

Also the presidency also assented to three bills from the senate; they are: the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Act (Amendment) Bill, 2016, Defence Space Administration Bill, 2016 and Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment) Bill, 2016.