The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill for concurrence seeking to establish the National Assembly Library Trust Fund.
A press release signed by the Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, Dr Ezrel Tabiowo, confirmed the development.
Also passed for concurrence were three other bills: 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, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi-North).
Abdullahi, in his presentation, stated that the National Assembly Library Trust Fund, upon establishment, would facilitate research and the provision of library capacity to legislatures and staff of the National Assembly.
The bills sought 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.
Following careful consideration, the bills 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.
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