The Senate, Tuesday, passed a number of bills including one to provide the needed legislative framework for the establishment of the Federal College of Education, Ekiadolor, Edo State.
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.
The bill which scaled second reading on 28th September, 2021, was sponsored by Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South).
Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ahmad Babba-Kaita, in his presentation during plenary, said the objective of the bill was to provide a legislative framework to support the establishment of the college.
According to the lawmaker, the institution would augment the shortfall of teachers, as well as meet learning, research and instructional needs of the prospective students of host communities in particular and Nigeria as a whole.
“The legislative framework designed for the college, is to offer Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and other certification in the areas of its core subjects of interest on both full-time and part-time basis”, Babba-Kaita said.
He added that the Federal College of Education would, among others, identify educational needs of southern state with a view to finding lasting solution to educational needs of the Nigerian people within the context of government’s overall national educational development agenda.
The bill was passed by the upper chamber after consideration of the panel’s report by the Committee of the Whole.
N’Assembly Library Trust, 3 others
The Senate has passed a bill for concurrence seeking to establish the National Assembly Library Trust Fund.
Also passed for concurrence were three other bills namely, Nigerian Council for Management Development Bill, 2022; Animal Health and Husbandry Technologists Registration Board (Establishment) Bill, 2022; and Federal Medical Centre Billiri, Gombe State (Establishment) Bill, 2022.
The four bills were sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North).
Senator Abdullahi, in his presentation, said the National Assembly Library Trust Fund when established, would facilitate research and the provision of library capacity to Legislatures and staff of the National Assembly.
In a related development, a total of three bills scaled second reading on Tuesday.
The bills seek to establish the Chartered Institute of Mortgage Bankers and Brokers of Nigeria; the Federal University of Medical Sciences, Gwadabawa, Sokoto State; and the Sickle Cell Disease Research and Treatment Centre.
The bills were sponsored by Senators Tolulope Odebiyi (Ogun West), Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East) and Akon Etim Eyakenyi (Akwa-Ibom), respectively.
The bills after consideration were referred to the Committees on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions; Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND; and Health (Secondary and Tertiary).
The Committees were all given four weeks to report back to the chamber in plenary.
