Senate Under Fire For Not Considering Reps’ Bills

The Senate came under heavy criticism today for not considering bills sent by the House of Representatives.

House Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, voiced the concern of the House when he presented some bills from the Senate on Wednesday.

He said there were many bills sent to the Senate for concurrence which had not been considered as provided by law.

“As I rise to do this, I want to put on record that this House takes seriously the issue of working together with the Senate for maximum performance.

“That is why this House has always given speedy consideration to bills passed by the Senate. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about the Senate.

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“We have quite a number of bills passed by this House which are still lying on the table of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business unattended to. This is a thing of concern to the leadership of this House.

“I want to appeal to the Senate to give urgent attention to bills passed by this House seeking concurrence. That is how a bicameral legislature works,” he said.

The House Leader reiterated that there was the need for the two chambers to work closely and streamline their activities as components of a bicameral legislature.

He said giving concurrence to bills passed by either of the chambers will give the chance for a speedy passage so that proposed laws could come into effect.

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