JUST IN: Senate receives Tinubu's bills on criminal justice, secondary education reform

Politics

ABUJA, Nigeria (NPA) — The Senate on Thursday received two executive bills from President Bola Tinubu seeking amendments to Nigeria’s secondary education and criminal justice laws.

Deputy Senate President Barau I. Jibrin, in a statement after plenary, said the President transmitted the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, for legislative consideration and passage.

Jibrin also disclosed that the Senate considered and adopted four committee reports during the day’s plenary.

They include the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the Legal Practitioners Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026 and the Proceeds of Crime Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

The Senate also adopted the report of the Joint Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Information and National Orientation, and Media and Public Affairs on the Chartered Out-of-Home Media Practitioners of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill.

Also considered was the report of the Committee on Police Affairs on the 2025 and 2026 budget proposals of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.

The upper chamber further adopted the report of its ad hoc committee on the proposed sale of Lafarge Cement Plc to Chinese investors.

According to Jibrin, the Senate will proceed with legislative action on the executive bills in line with parliamentary procedures.