- Three committees discharged of duties
The House of Representatives has re-committed four bills to its Committee of the Whole for fresh consideration.
They are, (i) Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2019 (HB.91);
(ii) Customs and Excise Management Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2021(HB. 1729);
(iii) Federal Medical Centre, Okigwe (Establishment) Bill, 2021 (HB. 1603);
and (iv) Federal University of Health, Sciences and Technology, Enugu (Establishment) Bill, 2021 (HB.121).
The bills had previously been passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to the President for his assent.
But, having not secured the president’s nod, the House revisited them again after “some fundamental issues that require fresh legislative actions” had emerged.
On Tuesday, at its plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, in Abuja, the House re-admitted the bills to the Committee of the Whole in order to “address the issues.”
The House also discharged three of its standing committees of bills it referred to them for further legislative actions.
The committees did not execute the duties, hence they were discharged of the bills, pursuant to Order Eighteen, Rule 3(1)(g) of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives.
The affected bills and the committees are listed below:
(I) Federal University of Education, Igueben, Edo State (Establishment
etc.) Bill, 2021 (HB. 1391)
(Tertiary Education and
Services);
(ii) Federal Eye Centre, Iruekpen Ekpoma (Establishment) Bill, 2021
(HB. 1390)
(Committee on Health Institutions;
(iii) Federal Medical Centre, Illeh Ekpoma, Edo State (Establishment)
Bill, 2021(HB. 1389)
(Committee on on Health Institutions).
Order 18 Rule 3 (1)(g) of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives, reads,
“Any matter referred to any Committee shall be treated within 30 days, otherwise the Committee shall stand discharged after 60 days and the matter committed to the Committee of the Whole for consideration.”
