What Nigerian senators discussed last week
Besides discussing security, which is a recurring debate in the upper chamber, lawmakers discussed other issues in the economy, the education sector and fraudulent activities in agencies.– The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights Matters held a public hearing on the anti-sexual harassment bill for higher institutions .
Academic experts, students and civic groups were invited to give their opinion on the bill as well as suggest other amendments to be made to the bill. It was at this hearing that the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi,on the door and wall of a female toilet on the New Wing of the legislative complex.
The caption is believed to be have been written by suspected members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in a bid to take their protests against the Nigerian government into the National Assembly.– The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, tasked top security officials to at the legislative complex amidst reports that the National Assembly was under potential security threat.The directive, he said, follows an intel he got about security breach in the country. The leadership of the parliament will devise temporary solutions pending when the existing security structure is remodelled, he said.passed in the eight Senate but not signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Many of these bills have been reintroduced in the ninth Senate.
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