The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi has updated journalists on the progress of bills in the House of Representatives.
This was contained in a statement titled: ‘House resumption: Key issues expected to shape second half of legislative year’ and made available to Parliamentary Correspondents on Tuesday.
Hon. Rotimi revealed that: “In its first six months, the House received 962 bills, out of which 120 have passed Second Reading and are currently undergoing in-depth analysis at the Committee stage.
“These bills are intended to provide immediate relief and long-term solutions to the challenges that have plagued our society. With the resumption of the House, reports on a majority of these bills will be laid before parliament for consideration and adoption ahead of third reading and passage.
“More bills are expected to move through the various parliamentary stages and be presented for the President’s assent. Through these bills, citizens will be better empowered, while peace, security and social justice will be enhanced.”
Speaking on some of the achievements of the House through the House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Rotimi said: “The House since inauguration has received 153 petitions from various citizens across the country which are receiving necessary legislative actions. The Rep. Mike Etaba-led House Committee on Public Petitions has quietly achieved commendable success in helping Nigerians get succor from the People’s House.
“The outcome of hearings on one of these petitions resulted in the payment of a compensation package amounting to N30 million for Citizen Tairu Quadri Adewale; an Amputee Electricity Worker neglected for 15 years.
“Notably, the House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 5 2023, facilitated the presentation of the sum as a Final Settlement of Liability Claims Cheque to him by the Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) management.
“Quadri; a 400-Level Electrical Engineering intern from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, had suffered electrocution in May 2008 while on duty for the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Lagos. The House through its Committee on Public Petitions will be engaged in facilitating more of such settlements as well as the resolution of more issues arising from petitions already submitted for its consideration. Similarly, more petitions from distressed citizens will be laid before parliament.”
The House spokesman also said “Year 2024 holds a lot of promise for the country’s future and it is imperative for all hands to move our country forward. Nation building is a Joint Task, and the 10th Assembly is set with renewed vigor, to continue to play our own part in rebuilding our great country, Nigeria,”
