Outgoing Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari signed one hundred and twenty-nine bills out of one thousand twenty-nine presented by the House.
Lawan affirmed that during their four-year tenure, five hundred bills were passed.
The laws passed by the Ninth Senate cut across the eleven priority areas of their Legislative Agenda.
The above means that the Senate was able to address a wide range of issues that were of utmost importance to the Nigerian people.
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In the discharge of their representative functions, the Ninth Senate aggregated and amplified the problems faced by constituents, demonstrating their commitment to serving the people.
According to the outgoing Senate President, the ninth Senate was able to curb the proliferation of illegal arms and weapons—a crucial issue that has been plaguing the country for years.
He said:
“In lawmaking, the ninth Senate introduced and successfully passed critical legislations that could reform and promote the economy, improve transparency in government processes.
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“As of June 10, over 1,129 Bills were presented on the floor of the Senate, and over 500 were successfully passed.
“The President assented to 129 Bills; the highest of any Assembly in Nigeria’s history.
“In the last few days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had assented to two Bills passed by the 9th National Assembly; the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No.37) Bill, 2023.
“This extended the retirement age of high court judges, and others, from 65 to 70 years.
“This was the first Bill to be signed by the President since taking the oath of office.
“Only Friday, June 9, he also assented to the Electricity Act 2023, which we had passed in July 2022.
“The new law replaces the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act of 2005.
“Three hundred and sixty-one motions were moved in the 9th Senate and 488 Resolutions were passed.
“Through these various motions and resolutions, we called the government’s attention to specific issues and sought their intervention.
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“We passed the Bill for the Establishment of a National Commission for Coordination and Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons.
“We passed other security-related laws, including the Police Act 2020, which introduced radical changes in the operations of the Nigerian Police force and how they relate to the citizenry.”
