Bills

BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal republic of Nigeria as follows: PART 1 Establishment of the Chartered Polymer Institute of Nigeria: (1) There is hereby established a body to be known as Chartered Polymer Institute of Nigeria and (in this Act referred to as the Institute) which shall have the objectives of:   Promoting the advance and develop the application of Polymer Science engineering and technology in the polymer and Allied Industries in Nigeria.   To … Read More

BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other enactment or law, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the movement or grazing of cattle within Nigeria. As from the commencement of this Act, no person or group of persons, association of individuals or corporate body or bodies shall permit the movement of cattle, from one location to another within Nigeria except by vehicular … Read More

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION Responsibility for the administration and payment of pension of Judicial Officers. Law applicable to the pension rights of the Judicial Officers. Authentic age of judicial officers and notice of retirement. Annual budgetary request for pension liability purposes. Interpretation. Repeal of the Federal Judicial Officers (Administration of Pensions) Act Citation. A BILL FOR AN ACT TO VEST THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PENSIONS OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL AND FOR RELATED MATTERS.  BE IT ENACTED by the … Read More

BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows: The University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards, Etc) Act No 10 of 1985 (in this Act referred to as “the Principal Act”) is amended as set out in this Act. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting new sub-sections 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D, in that sequence, immediately after sub-section 2 thereof: (2A) – The Board shall specify, as part of Course … Read More

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as follows: The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (in this Bill called the “Principal Act”) is amended as set out in this Bill. Section 15, subsection (4) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the word “may” and substitute same with the word “shall”. This Bill may be cited as the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 (Amendment) Bill, 2018. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill seeks … Read More

With the recognition that a higher percentage of the populace live in the rural areas and that an aggressive and coordinated development of the rural areas will arrest the Rural-Urban drift of the population and ensure speedy development of these areas, the main objective of the bill is to create a specific Agency charged with the task of the development of rural areas and subsume the rural development component of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development under the … Read More

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that general and other secondary public hospitals located in Communities surrounding the associate Universities can have the visits of Consultants from Teaching Hospitals and thereby increase Patient-Doctor contact in these hospitals. The bill seeks to achieve this by requiring Teaching Hospitals to specify that Medical Students participate in a Rural Outreach Programme as a requirement for professional qualification. The immediate impetus for the bill is the realization that Teaching Hospitals usually do … Read More

This bill is sponsored in conjunction with the Dietitians Association of Nigeria to ensure a specified branch of medicine for the development of physical and mental health anchored on healthy food choices to reduce the risk of debilitating conditions of the human body in Nigeria. It is also to reduce quackery in the practice of dietetics.

In consideration of the menace of cattle herdsmen to the security and well-being of the populace, especially given the vulnerability of Enugu North Senatorial District, being the border/transit zone between the Northern part of the Country and the South, and in further view of the attacks on communities by cattle herdsmen in Enugu North, the bill seeks to control the movement of cattle by requiring that cattle can only be moved by vehicular means. It criminalizes the indiscriminate straying, roaming, … Read More

The objectives of the bill are geared towards the application of Polymer Science, Engineering and Technology as regard plastics, rubbers, coatings, adhesives, inks and the allied industries in Nigeria and elsewhere.