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).
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Sen. 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.
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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.