The Senate, on Wednesday, adjourned plenary to enable it proceed on the Sallah break.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, accordingly, announced July 19, 2022, as resumption date.
The Senate, before embarking on the three weeks recess, forwarded the request of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the confirmation of Mohammed Bello as Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to the Committee on National Planning.
It also passed the Federal Medical Centres (Establishment) Bill, 2022, after re-committal to the Committee of the Whole for consideration and passage.
The Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi Boroffice (APC, Ondo North), who sponsored the motion for re-committal, recalled that the bill was passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to President Buhari for assent.
According to him, some fundamental issues which required fresh legislative action by both houses of the National Assembly emerged after critical analysis of the bill.
He added that a Technical Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives and Directorate of Legal Services met and worked on the bill.
The Senate, while relying on order 1(b) and order 52(6) of the Senate Standing Order, 2022 as amended, rescinded its decision on the bill as passed and re-committed same to the Committee of the Whole re-consideration and passage.
It was reported that the senators had only sat six times after their long recess for the primary elections of their political parties. They sat twice weekly for three weeks after their resumption on June 14.
Prior then, the Senate had on May 11 embarked on a five-week break to participate in the political parties’ primaries for the 2023 general elections.