SENATE BILLS AND MOTIONS IN PLENARY TODAY

In today’s plenary, Our Senator Oduah moved the motion for the Senate to approve the Vote and proceedings for Wednesday November 8^th which was later adopted. The Senate considered various motions and Bills today and top on the list of motions was:

1.      MOTION ON THE DEATH OF 26 NIGERIANS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

The following recommendations were approved:

i.                    Condemn I strong terms the murder of 26 Nigerians on the Mediterranean Sea

ii.                  Mandate the Committee on Diaspora and foreign Affairs to investigate and report back to Senate in 4 weeks

iii.                Observe a minute of silence in honour of the 26 Nigerians.

The Senate also approved the following:

1.      BILL ON 2017 FCT APPROPRIATION BILL

The Senate approved and passed for 3^rd reading the FCT Appropriation Bill of N222Billion which was split into:

·         N52B for Personnel Cost

·         N41B for Overhead Cost

·         N128B for Capital expenditure

The Senate finally approved after consideration,

1.      OGUN STATE DEVELOPMENT POLICY OPERATION (DPO) LOAN OF US$350M